Raila Begins One-Week Visit to the US, to Meet Kenyans in the Diaspora

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has left the country for a one-week visit to the United States.

During his visit, Odinga is expected to deliver a talk at Duke University in North Carolina, his spokesperson Dennis Onyango says.

He is also scheduled to hold meetings with Kenyans from the Raleigh area and American business leaders.

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader left the country on Saturday night accompanied by among others Nyando Member of Parliament Jared Okelo.

Odinga was to travel to the US in mid September but the trip was cancelled due to unfavorable weather conditions. 

“The postponement is due to the extreme weather conditions building up in US state of North Carolina. Duke University advised that an extremely powerful hurricane, Florence, is expected to land on the North Carolina coast early Friday. The University is therefore on concerted effort to weather the storm," Raila's spokesman Onyango said in a statement at the time.