It appears that opposition leader Raila Odinga has always had his persistence in character since his childhood days, and reportedly made life a difficult ordeal for teachers in school.
Raila, then a pupil of Maranda Primary School alongside his elder brother Oburu Oginga are said to have been perpetual at sneaking out of school.In an interview with the Nation in 2006, Oburu revealed how Raila occasionally led the way in sneaking out of school to go and listen to news on a small transistor radio.The radio was bought for them by their father and founding Vice President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga as a gift, and though they were severally punished for sneaking out, they persisted.One day, Oburu said, Raila did the usual and left him behind and when he was asked about his whereabouts, he had to sell him out, leading to severe punishment by a teacher."We had developed a liking for news. One day Raila sneaked out of school and left me, and a teacher noticed. He asked me about my brother's whereabouts. I told him I did not know. The following day he summoned us to class. Raila was frank. He said he had gone to listen to the news on the radio. The teacher was mad. He punished him thoroughly," Oburu revealed.Raila was then in three and Oburu in standard four.They used to trek back home in Kang'o Ka Jaramogi, about five kilometres away.To save the situation, Jaramogi decided to separate the two and transferred Oburu to Kisumu Union School in 1955.#historynow