Raila to Meet Kenyans in London During Week-Long Visit to the UK

Opposition leader Raila Odinga on Sunday jetted out of country for a week-long visit to the United Kingdom.

During his tour, Odinga will deliver a lecture at the Cambridge University on Tuesday and another at the Oxford University on Thursday, as a guest of Cambridge Union and Oxford Union respectively.

His spokesperson Dennis Onyango said that the Orange Democratic Movement leader is also expected to hold a meeting with United Kingdom Minister for Africa at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on Wednesday.

“Mr. Odinga is scheduled to deliver lectures at Cambridge University on Tuesday, May 15, and at Oxford University on Thursday, May 17 as a guest of Cambridge Union and Oxford Union respectively,” spokesman Dennis Onyango said in a statement on Sunday.

On Friday, the former Prime Minister will meet Kenyans in the UK at the Greenwood Lecture Theatres of King’s College, London, where he will brief them on different issues including his famous March 9th handshake with President Kenyatta.

The opposition chief is accompanied by Nyando Member of Parliament Jared Odoyo Okello.