Is ODM party leader Raila Odinga planning to run for Presidency come 2022? This is the question many have been asking themselves, but Raila hs now cleared the airwaves. The AU envoy said he is yet to announce his candidature in the 2022 elections. He said that other people we speaking on his behalf but he was not sure whether he would run or not.
“If I was to start campaigning this early the country would not focus on the big four agenda they will start campaigning,” Raila told Citizen TV’s Joe Ageyo.
Raila Odinga on 2022: If I was to run for president I would say it…but I have not said it.
If I start campaigning now…then this country will be in a campaigning mood straight away…tomorrow…and nobody will be talking about the Big 4 Agenda #RailaOnCitizen pic.twitter.com/WLBpFUBCnp
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) December 27, 2018
Raila revealed that there was no ideological difference between his father(Jaramogi) and the founding father Jomo Kenyatta and that the issue was all about land. He said that Jaramogi and others like Bildad Kaggia refused to pay for land from the white settlers
The former Prime Minister recalled the happenings of 2017 where he said that the country was in a sombre mood after the outcome of the election. He recalled that his sister in law wanted to swear him in during a church service in Bondo. Raila revealed that they had rehearsed the swearing in up front and that NASA lawyers had reviewed the document that he used to be sworn in.
He disclosed that NASA’s plan was to set up a parallel administration if the Jubilee part had refused to sit down and talk. He also revealed that there not more than two people (meditators) who were in the back ground laying the ground for talks between Raila and President Uhuru before the hand shake took place.
Odinga said that his new role at the African Union would entail engaging with Heads of State in Africa to improve infrastructure development in Africa.