Photos of Raila Odinga, the former Kenyan PM who helped steer the country into multiparty democracy

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga gestures to thousands of supporters gathered in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga gestures to thousands of supporters gathered in the Mathare slum of Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga. center, and his wife Ida, right, attend a Sunday service at the Holy Trinity Church in Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga. center, and his wife Ida, right, attend a Sunday service at the Holy Trinity Church in Kibera slum, Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2008. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
A young girl runs past pro-peace graffiti written during the post-election violence of the previous election in 2007 and a poster of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, center-right, in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
A young girl runs past pro-peace graffiti written during the post-election violence of the previous election in 2007 and a poster of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, center-right, in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, March 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga walks through his farm in the village of Bondo, near Kisumu, in Kenya, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga walks through his farm in the village of Bondo, near Kisumu, in Kenya, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga, left, and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama shake hands as they meet in Kisumu, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 25, 2006. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)
Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga, left, and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama shake hands as they meet in Kisumu, Kenya, Friday, Aug. 25, 2006. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)
Opposition leader Raila Odinga arrives at the Supreme Court in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Opposition leader Raila Odinga arrives at the Supreme Court in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Friday, Sept. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, left, smiles as Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga looks on, after signing a power-sharing agreement with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, after weeks of bitter negotiations on how to end the country's deadly post election crisis. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, left, smiles as Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga looks on, after signing a power-sharing agreement with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008, after weeks of bitter negotiations on how to end the country's deadly post election crisis. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga raises his hands to excited supporters as he attends church service at St Michael's church in his home village of Bondo, near Kisumu, in Kenya, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga raises his hands to excited supporters as he attends church service at St Michael's church in his home village of Bondo, near Kisumu, in Kenya, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga announces they will challenge the results of last week's presidential election in the Supreme Court and wage a campaign of "civil disobedience", at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenya's opposition leader Raila Odinga announces they will challenge the results of last week's presidential election in the Supreme Court and wage a campaign of "civil disobedience", at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua, left, attend his final electoral campaign rally at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua, left, attend his final electoral campaign rally at Kasarani stadium in Nairobi, Kenya Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga dances to music at a rally attended by thousands of supporters in the Shauri Moyo area of Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga dances to music at a rally attended by thousands of supporters in the Shauri Moyo area of Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Losing presidential candidate Raila Odinga, right, wipes his brow as he speaks to the media and accepts the Supreme Court ruling upholding the election result, and urges unity amongst Kenyans, at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Saturday, March 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
Losing presidential candidate Raila Odinga, right, wipes his brow as he speaks to the media and accepts the Supreme Court ruling upholding the election result, and urges unity amongst Kenyans, at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya, Saturday, March 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Khalil Senosi)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga lifts his hat to thousands of supporters gathered at a rally in the Shauri Moyo area of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga lifts his hat to thousands of supporters gathered at a rally in the Shauri Moyo area of Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga and his wife Ida pose for a photograph in the living room of their farm in the village of Bondo, near Kisumu, in Kenya, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga and his wife Ida pose for a photograph in the living room of their farm in the village of Bondo, near Kisumu, in Kenya, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga march with a placard referring to him as "Baba", the Swahili word of respect meaning "Father", as they start to hold a rally in Uhuru Park in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga march with a placard referring to him as "Baba", the Swahili word of respect meaning "Father", as they start to hold a rally in Uhuru Park in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Kenyan Prime Minister and presidential candidate Raila Odinga gets ready to cast his ballot in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, March 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Kenyan Prime Minister and presidential candidate Raila Odinga gets ready to cast his ballot in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, March 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
Supporters reach out to touch a painting of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, before he arrived to address thousands of supporters gathered in the Mathare area of Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Supporters reach out to touch a painting of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, before he arrived to address thousands of supporters gathered in the Mathare area of Nairobi, Kenya, Sunday, Aug. 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
A supporter of opposition leader Raila Odinga wears a mock banknote with Odinga's face on his forehead at a rally in Uhuru Park in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
A supporter of opposition leader Raila Odinga wears a mock banknote with Odinga's face on his forehead at a rally in Uhuru Park in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Opposition leader Raila Odinga holds a bible aloft after swearing an oath during a mock "swearing-in" ceremony at Uhuru Park in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Opposition leader Raila Odinga holds a bible aloft after swearing an oath during a mock "swearing-in" ceremony at Uhuru Park in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Presidential candidate Raila Odinga, center, accompanied by running mate Martha Karua, left, gestures to the media as he prepares to hand over the petition to the Supreme Court challenging the election results, in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
Presidential candidate Raila Odinga, center, accompanied by running mate Martha Karua, left, gestures to the media as he prepares to hand over the petition to the Supreme Court challenging the election results, in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
A supporter of presidential candidate Raila Odinga holds a poster of him outside the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
A supporter of presidential candidate Raila Odinga holds a poster of him outside the Supreme Court in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga died Wednesday of a heart attack in India. He was 80 years old.

Odinga, a perennial presidential candidate whose campaigns rattled authorities and gave him an outsized influence on political life in Kenya, was known for advocating democratic reform and regional diplomacy.

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