Before their separation in 1966, which saw Jaramogi Oginga Odinga resign as Vice President, Oginga and founding father Mzee Jomo Kenyatta were the best of buddies.
The same began years before independence, where Oginga was already assured that Kenyatta would be president and fought for the same, even rejecting an offer to take the seat.
He repeatedly heaped praise on Kenyatta, and on several occasions referred to him as a great man thanks to his unrelenting push for independence, a man he really admired.
In his moving remarks in Nyeri in 1961, Oginga likened Kenyatta to a demigod, three years after launching the "Release Kenyatta" crusade to force for Mzee's release from detention.
He likened Kenyatta to a "second to God", remarks he echoed when he unveiled Kenyatta's statue at the Parliament buildings on December 14, 1964.
"He is God’s masterpiece…the man who was at one time described by the imperialists as a leader to darkness and unto death," said Jaramogi in his emotional speech.
Though Kenyatta tagged him along after taking over as the President, things were not the same within the next one year as by 1965, the friendship began fading.
Unfortunately, Kenyatta would later take a position at the top of the KANU group that would embark on frustrating Oginga in government and in the party, over his communism stands.
On March 12, 1966, a meeting was convened where KANU's Vice President seat, Oginga's position, was scrapped.
This, in additition to the humiliation he was being publicly treated to by Kenyatta's majority allies, saw him leave power by resigning on April 14, 1966, to form the Kenya People Union (KPU).