NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga arrives for a news conference in Nairobi on August 8, 2017. Raila will on 2017 be losing  the presidential contest for the fourth time. [the-star.co.ke]Nasa presidential candidate Raila Odinga has once again lost a presidential poll after previously losing three other ones.Raila first contested for presidency in year 1997 and lost badly to then incumbent President Daniel Moi.Ten years later, Raila contested but lost to incumbent President Mwai Kibaki in a highly disputed election that saw Kenya almost sink to abyss.However, the international community negotiated for a power sharing deal between Kibaki and Raila that saw an end to violence which had already taken away over 1300 lives. Over half a million people were also internally displaced.In 2013, Raila disputed the election of President Uhuru Kenyatta which he contested at the Supreme Court but lost.Five years after,Raila has once again lost to his fierce rival Uhuru Kenyatta despite high expectations that this election was his to lose.This poll was and is widely seen as Raila's last shot at the presidency. Though he bitterly continues to contest the election, his options remain limited especially after all the international observers gave the whole electoral process a clean bill of health on Thursday.Actually, Nasa is the only notable group that has come out to contest the poll openly. Unfortunately, having been a key player in the contest, its concerns are likely to be taken with less wait and may be dismissed as 'usual discontentment of any loser'.That said, what are the options left for Raila? Well, they are quite limited.One and the wisest, is to challenge the results at the Supreme Court where he has an ample avenue to prove that he indeed won the election as he claims.After the court listens to his accusations and goes ahead to validate them, it can either decide to install him as President elect or order for fresh presidential polls where he has a chance of fighting for his political 'survival' again.The other option, he can call for peaceful demonstrations countrywide to pressure the government to either share power or surrender the power to him. However, the probability of this option working is close to zero. Any demonstrations are likely to be met with brutal force by the government which would obviously perceive them as a way of destabilizing  the country.Finally, Raila at 72 years, can opt to retire from politics and play the king-maker role in future elections as was the case in 2002 when he declared 'Kibaki Tosha', a move which ended the then ruling KANU's 40 years grip on power.

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