Former Prime Minister the late Raila Odinga and his spokesperson Salim Lone. [File, Standard] I was in the United States on March 9, 2013, when at about 3am Nairobi time, the Kenyan media reported that the election commission had declared Uhuru Kenyatta winner of the Presidential election. Not too long after, I was startled to see a phone call coming in from Michael Gichangi, the head of the National Intelligence Service.