Raila Odinga Quotations

Kenyans should rise and stop this draconian measures by a dictatorship government.

People have been asking me to declare my stand, whether I will go for the top seat. I want to say that when the opportunity comes, I will offer myself for the LDP presidential nomination. I will go for the top seat if picked by my party.

The president admits that there should be a meeting between us to discuss pertinent issues on the constitution and the way forward.

We are demonstrating in order to protect press freedom in Kenya. Press freedom in Kenya is under siege.

We do not want this conflict to continue. We have said that 2006 will be a year of reconciliation, tolerance and dialogue. For that matter I am happy that the president has read the mood of the year and is positive like other Kenyans.

These ministers should have been required to resign a long time ago, or to be suspended by the president to allow for a proper transparent investigation.

This is basically a public relations exercise because you cannot investigate ministers who are still in office.

This is taking us back to the dark days of the '60s, '70s and '80s.

This is an attempt to turn the clock backward. The Kenyan people will resist this attempt.

It is unbelievable that in the 21st century this kind of thing can be happening. It is a complete reversal of the democratic gains Kenya has made in the last 15 years.

They are using government vehicles and are being given GSU protection.

The contents of the statement are most ridiculous and a phantom of great imagination.

This is a government of the minority because one cannot chase you after you have wrestled him down.

My view is that the time has come for the international community to act on Zimbabwe in the way that it did in Bosnia - I do not think that we are going to get free and fair elections in Zimbabwe

It is a big embarrassment that a leader can say on the eve of an election that he is not willing to hand over power to an opponent, that he can only hand over power to a member of his own political party .

I think it is its time for the leaders of Africa to say to President Mugabe that the people of Zimbabwe deserve a free and fair election.

The Vision 2030 is aimed at transforming Kenya from a struggling third-world economy into a second world economy - We do believe that it is a realizable objective; we don't believe that it is utopia. We know that it has been done in some.

It is my view that it is a big embarrassment for Africa . It is hypocritical for African leaders to talk about democracy and human rights and to be silent when these things are happening in Zimbabwe .

The stone throwing and house burning is no longer a face of Kenya . Kenya is now a destination for investment and tourism.

You cannot have free and fair elections while one party controls completely and monopolizes the instrument of power and .. Tsvangirai is in and out of police cells almost on a daily basis, when people are being arrested, people are being beaten up.

Gone are the days when African leaders used to misrule their people and the rest of Africa was quiet under the guise of what was called non-interference.

At independence Kenya's economic indicators were equal to those of South Korea, but 45 years down the road, Korea's economy is 40 times that of Kenya. The mediocrity of leadership is across the continent .

I congratulate the outgoing Nigeria President Mr Goodluck Jonathan for his grace in conceding defeat.

The mediocrity with which Africa has been ruled is responsible for its underdevelopment.