Raila Odinga
Raila Odinga
Raila Amolo Odinga, also popularly known to his supporters as Agwambo, Tinga, Baba, RAO, and Jakomis a Kenyan politician who was Prime Minister of Kenya from 2008 to 2013. He was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Langata in 1992, serving as Minister of Energy from 2001 to 2002 and as Minister of Roads, Public Works, and Housing from 2003 to 2005. He was the main opposition candidate in the 2007 presidential election. Following a violent post-electoral crisis,...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 January 1945
CityMaseno, Kenya
It is my view that it is a big embarrassment for Africa . It is hypocritical for African leaders to talk about democracy and human rights and to be silent when these things are happening in Zimbabwe .
The stone throwing and house burning is no longer a face of Kenya . Kenya is now a destination for investment and tourism.
You cannot have free and fair elections while one party controls completely and monopolizes the instrument of power and .. Tsvangirai is in and out of police cells almost on a daily basis, when people are being arrested, people are being beaten up.
Gone are the days when African leaders used to misrule their people and the rest of Africa was quiet under the guise of what was called non-interference.
At independence Kenya's economic indicators were equal to those of South Korea, but 45 years down the road, Korea's economy is 40 times that of Kenya. The mediocrity of leadership is across the continent .
I congratulate the outgoing Nigeria President Mr Goodluck Jonathan for his grace in conceding defeat.
The mediocrity with which Africa has been ruled is responsible for its underdevelopment.
This is a government of the minority because one cannot chase you after you have wrestled him down.
The contents of the statement are most ridiculous and a phantom of great imagination.
My view is that the time has come for the international community to act on Zimbabwe in the way that it did in Bosnia - I do not think that we are going to get free and fair elections in Zimbabwe