Raila Odinga Quotes

The economy is best revived through heavy investment in infrastructure.

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.

Musalia [Mudavadi] has a much weaker character in person than [Musikari] Kombo, and you know the joke about humble Luhya servants as cooks and watchmen…Anyway, jokes aside, Luhya disunity is a blessing for us and I would never have wanted it any other way.

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.

Since the Moi era, or ‘error’ as I call it, prime jobs have been stuffed with semi-literate Kalenjin herdsmen. I imagined that Mwai Kibaki would correct this but in fact he maintained many of them, and those he sent home were replaced by his kleptocratic tribesmen.

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 .

Sometimes people like to take risks.

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

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

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

You cannot forget the past but you can forgive it.

In the US after the Great Depression, they invested heavily in infrastructure to create a lot of employment. In Germany after the war there was the Marshall plan for roads, rail, housing, energy, water and so on. That created massive employment after the devastation of the war and helped them to rebuild the country.