Editor's Review

Azimio La Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga will leave the country on Friday, April 22, for a week-long visit to the United States of America.

Azimio La Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga will leave the country on Friday, April 22, for a week-long visit to the United States of America.

According to the statement issued on Wednesday, Odinga will hold meetings with senior US government officials, senior members of the United States Congress, and key African-African leaders

"Odinga will meet and address Kenyans in the American diaspora and speak to several think tanks. These key meetings will take place at the nation’s capital in Washington DC. Mr Odinga and his delegation will then travel to San Francisco to meet with leaders and entrepreneurs in the IT and technology space. 

"Mr Odinga will take the opportunity of the visit to outline his vision for Kenya, underline the importance of the strategic and historic US/Kenya relationship and the vital interests that the two counties share in the region, promote business partnerships and investment in Kenya in IT and technology, and fellowship with Kenyans abroad," the statement reads in part.

{ODM leader Raila Odinga}
The former prime minister's visit to the US will last a week just before the intense campaign period in the lead up to the August 9 elections.

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The former premier will be accompanied by Governors Wycliffe Oparanya, Ndiritu Muriithi, and James Ongwae, Narc-Kenya leader Martha Karua, former head of the civil service Dr Sally Kosgei, Sen Moses Kajwang, MP Robert Mbui, Campaign Spokesperson Prof Makau Mutua, former Kenya Ambassador to the US Elkanah Odembo, and several members of the campaign Secretariat.