By Titus Too
KENYA: Prime Minister Raila Odinga has said his five-year experience in the Government with President Kibaki gives him an edge over his rivals.
Raila, who took his campaigns to Nandi County, said he is the most experienced of those seeking president in the March 4 General Election.
He said circumstances that led to the Grand Coalition Government could have conspired to prepare him for president. “We may have seen it as a loss since I did not become President. But I think it prepared me to take over from President Kibaki,” said the PM.
Raila described March 4 as Kenya’s date with destiny and called on Kenyans to make good choices.
“Choose the leaders who will enable Kenya to prosper from where we are now. It is either you vote for status quo or change,” he said.
Addressing a rally in Nandi Hills, Raila called on locals to trust him with power, saying he was still the same person they voted for in 2007. “Mimi bado ni Arap Mibei (Kalenjin nickname given to him to identify him with local). Bado sijabadilika. I still belong to you,” he said.
The PM pledged that if elected, he would build a leadership University in Nandi Hills in honour of independence hero Koitalel arap Samoei to keep the leadership spirit of Koitalel alive. Raila also promised that his government would return all artifacts belonging to Koitalel that were taken to a British museum.
Raila toured the mausoleum in Nandi Hills.
“There will be transparency and order so that I can run an all inclusive Government,” he said.
The PM later campaigned in Kisumu County, where he asked voters to turn out in large numbers to vote on March 4.
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