Raila Set for a Week-Long Tour of the United States

ODM leader Raila Odinga is set to make a week-long tour of the United States ahead of the August elections.

Odinga, who is the Azimio-One Kenya coalition presidential flagbearer, is expected to leave the country when the ODM party primaries conclude next week.

Nation reports that he will travel to the US on April 22nd, where he is scheduled to hold meetings with senior American government officials, the business community, and Kenyans living and working there.

Odinga will first land in Washington, DC, before proceeding to San Francisco, and jet back into the country on May 3rd to continue with his campaigns.

Confirming the trip, Raila's campaign secretariat spokesperson Makau Mutua told The Star that they will give details of the trip at an appropriate time.

Reports indicate that Odinga will have a town hall meeting with Kenyans in the diaspora in Washington on April 24th, where he will share his vision for Kenya if elected president in the forthcoming elections.

The trip comes weeks after he visited the United Kingdom. During his tour in the UK, Odinga highlighted his agenda for Kenya and the reforms he will deliver should he ascend to power later this year. 

He met the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and gave an address at the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House).

Odinga was accompanied by governors Charity Ngilu (Kitui) and Hassan Joho (Mombasa), COTU secretary-general Francis Atwoli, former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth, Siaya Senator James Orengo and Suna East MP Junet Mohammed.