Raila Formally Declares Bid for the Presidency in 2022

ODM leader Raila Odinga has formally declared he will make his fifth bid for the presidency in the 2022 elections.

Odinga, 76, made the big announcement during the Azimio La Umoja Convention at the Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi on Friday.

 “I do hereby accept to present myself as a presidential candidate at the Presidential Election on 9th of August 2022 following the request and unanimous decision by this Azimio La Umoja,” said Odinga in his speech.

Odinga, who also announced the launch of the Azimio La Umoja Movement as his vehicle to State House, said he is running for president to “mold one indivisible nation.”

“I am not running for president to oppose anyone but to propose better policies. I am in this race to mold one indivisible nation. I am not at war with personalities, I am at war with ideologies that would lead this nation in the wrong direction,” he added.

Odinga, a former Prime Minister, unsuccessfully contested for the country’s presidency in 1997, 2007, 2013, and 2017.

He will lock horns with his main challenger Deputy President William Ruto, who is promising to turn around the country’s economy through the bottom-up economic model if he is elected president next year.