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Raila Odinga
Kenyan politician Raila Odinga.
The Rainbow Alliance was a faction formed by several members of the Kenya African National Union (KANU) in 2002 to protest the party's decision to support Uhuru Kenyatta as its presidential candidate.1
Led by figures including Raila Odinga, the alliance advocated for a democratic vote among KANU members to determine the party's nominee. When these requests were ignored and Kenyatta was officially named the candidate, the Rainbow Alliance left KANU. The group subsequently formed the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), which later joined the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) to successfully challenge KANU in the 2002 general election.1