NASA leader Raila Odinga during a rally at Kibra, August 13, 2017. [Photo|Nasa Coalition]Followers of the National Super Alliance (Nasa) leader Raila Odinga, have composed an emotional but encouraging message for the Opposition leader, after he lost the August 8, 2017 presidential election.The message has gone viral on Facebook, with most of his followers reposting, to reach a wider audience.Below is the message. "They will mock you, they will call you a loser, they will make memes of you n Photoshop you in obscene photos, they will say you are a perennial loser...but they will also never forget that...Thing 1: You suffered in Nyayo torture chambers preserving the dignity of this nationThing 2: You are the reason we have a multiparty system...Thing 3: You were a force that liberated us from a tyrantThing 4: You gave us a new constitution...Thing 5: Only you could put your presidential bid aside to vigorously campaign for someone who later turned their back on you...Thing 6:You were a great whistle blower to many scandals that dug deep into our hard earned tax payers money...Thing 7: These things are too many to mention...So our dearest #Baba in my eyes you are an icon, you are the Mandela of our Nation...You are beyond Kenyan presidency, you deserve better...You are the son of this land...100years from now my grands will ask me, "Who was Raila Amollo Odinga?" n with tears in my eyes n a heart full of joy n appreciation, I will proudly tell them, he is the President Kenya never had, He is the Baba that had the hugest command of this nation, n I will beautifully open your bibliography n page by page read unto them the hearkening stories of how you suffered to bring Kenya where it is today...It is well Baba, Legends don't die, Legends never get destroyed, Legends never give up...Legends live to fight another day, Legends are reincarnated in other persons, Legends are forever..."

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