1. Both dominated opposition politics, Tshisekedi in Democratic Republic of Congo and Raila Odinga in Kenya.
2. Both were ugly faces of opposition under 3 Presidents.
Tshisekedi : Mobutu Seseseko, Laurent Kabila and Joseph Kabila
Raila Odinga : Daniel Moi, Mwai Kibaki and Uhuru Kenyatta .
3. Both once served as Prime Ministers
4. They both boycotted elections: Tshisekedi, 2006 and declared himself President; Raila Odinga, 2017 and declared himself People's President .
5. Both declared stolen elections
6. Both swore themselves into an imaginary presidency, Tshisekedi in 2011 at Matyr Stadium and Raila Odinga at Uhuru Park.
7. Having been vanquished in DRC, Tshisekedi died in Brussels; now Raila is politically vanquished in Kenya......
Other opposition figures who swore themselves after losing elections include : Kizza Besigye of Uganda; Jean Ping of Gabon and Moshood Abiola of Nigeria.