Raila Odinga Achievements and Legacy

List of Raila Odinga Achievements, Economy Scorecard, Political Legacy

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Kenya’s longstanding presidential candidate Raila Odinga has in many occasions been challenged to showcase his track record. Among those who have previously criticized his legacy is President William Ruto. On the other hand, fanatics maintain that Raila Odinga achievements are evident in every aspect of local politics.

Coming from an influential family has long worked in favour of Raila’s muscle in national politics. So was the case for his revolutionist father Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. Above all, ODM Party leader has been able to bring about desirable changes in government.

List of Raila Odinga Achievements

Raila has consistently stood out as a remarkable leader despite his advanced age.

He shares a clean scorecard with minimal cases of corruption and misuse of power.

Here are highlights from his undisputed legacy.

  1. Fought for multi-party democracy in the early 90s amid detention, torture, and freeing to exile for asylum. For the record, he is the longest political detainee still alive
  2. Shelved his presidential ambition to support Mwai Kibaki in 2002. His main aim was dethroning President Daniel Arap Moi’s “oppressive” KANU Regime
  3. Raila’s coalition government with Kibaki designed Kenya’s Vision 2030 development agenda
  4. In 2005, Raila played a key role in the adoption of the new constitution through the Orange-Banana referendum
  5. As the Prime Minister between 2007 and 2013, Raila executed major projects alongside President Mwai Kibaki
  6. Raila bravely championed the eviction of illegal Mau Forest dwellers to protect the environment at the expense of his votes in 2013 polls
  7. He initiated the Nairobi Expressway and the Standard Gauge Railway which were later delivered by President Uhuru Kenyatta
  8. Raila agreed to a handshake with his rivals Daniel Arap Moi, Mwai Kibaki, and Uhuru Kenyatta, and more recently William Ruto for the sake of peace
  9. In 2021, Raila was appointed to the advisory board of the prestigious African Green Infrastructure Investment
  10. Raila is a resilient and slow to anger kind of a leader. He is notable for his willingness to merge a widening tribal rifts in the country

Above all, Raila has been able to influence several multinational projects and policies.

A case in point is the high-level virtual multinational Grand Inga Hydropower Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The long list of Raila Odinga achievements is decorated with an impeccable track record befitting him the status of a Pan Africanist.

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