Raila invited to the US to give speeches

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga (right) and Ambassador Charles Stith lay a wreath at the mausoleum of the late Civil Rights Movement leader Martin Luther King Jr in Atlanta on April 11, 2014. PHOTO | BMJ MURIITHI |  NATION MEDIA GROUP

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• At Yale, Mr Odinga is scheduled to meet with the leadership of the institution and lobby on the possibility of expanding its scholarship programmes to more Kenyans.

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Cord leader Raila Odinga will travel to the US in a week’s time.

Mr Odinga has been invited to give speeches at various universities and institutions. He will also hold talks with US government leaders.

His spokesman, Dennis Onyango, confirmed that Mr Odinga would fly out on October 7.

“He will be travelling for an event at Yale University, Connecticut, where he is expected to deliver a speech on October 9,” Mr Onyango said.

EXAGGERATED OPTIMISM?

At Yale, Mr Odinga is scheduled to meet with the leadership of the institution and lobby on the possibility of expanding its scholarship programmes to more Kenyans.

“The main lecture will focus on Africa as the next frontier of (the) global economy and whether the optimism is exaggerated,” said Mr Onyango.

Mr Odinga is also expected in Columbia for a similar event before travelling to Mozambique on October 12 as an observer of that country’s presidential elections on October 15.

The trip comes at a time President Barack Obama has begun opening up to President Uhuru Kenyatta.