NASA leader Raila Odinga in a past event. Political analyst Danston Omari says that Raila will not be retiring from active politics anytime soon. (Photo: the-star.co.ke)Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga may not be hanging his political boots any time soon despite losing presidential election four times, political analyst Danstan Omari said.
Omari says that Raila's loss in the Tuesday general election will not condemn him to retirement.
In an interview on K24, Omari said that the ODM party leader is a political master and cannot be ruled out of politics .
He said that Raila's contribution to the country's democratic space is likely to give him the zeal to continue fighting for the interests of Kenyans.
''Raila Odinga is not the person you will say or tell to retire from active politics despite losing presidential election four times,'' he said.
Omari said that Raila's four presidential seat defeats will give him the energy to fight more.
He said that the former Prime Minister has people to mentor adding that Kenyans still have confidence in him.
''Raila is the peoples leader and Kenyans want to sesee him hang in to politics politics,'' he said.R
Raila lost the Tuesday polls to president Uhuru Kenyatta.
This was the fourth time Raila was losing the presidential election.
The former Prime Minister lost in 1997, 2007, 2013 and 2017.
Raila has since disputed the recent presidential election alleging rigging.
The former PM claims that IEBC servers were hacked and results doctored in favour of Jubilee.
President Kenyatta has since been declared the winner with over 8.2 million votes against Raila's 6.8 million.
Rails has been asked to dispute the results in court if dissatisfied.