Raila Odinga Quotes

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

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

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.

You don't want to live in the past. Everything in life is in the future. You don't want to continue to be buried in the past.

You cannot forget the past but you can forgive it.

Sometimes people like to take risks.

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

Had the Luhyas united, my plans would have been impossible to fulfil .

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

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

If someone like Musalia [Mudavadi ] ruled Kenya, he would not be able to effect the radical changes I talk about.

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.

The economy is best revived through heavy investment in infrastructure.

What has happened in the past is a lot of good policies have been developed on paper, but you find they are not implemented. So there is a disconnect between rhetoric and practice.

With Uhuru [Kenyatta] running against [Mwai] Kibaki, the Kikuyus will be divided for sure.