Profile: Kenya's Odinga defy odds to make fifth stab at presidency

NAIROBI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Raila Amollo Odinga, the 77-year-old doyen of Kenya's opposition politics and son of former Vice President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, has defied great odds to emerge as one of the most resilient politicians in East Africa's largest economy.

Now at the height of his political career and making his fifth stab at the presidency under the Azimio La Umoja (Resolution for Unity) coalition of 2