BOSTON, MA - Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga was invited to speak at the prestigeous Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The speech titled "Making Democracy Work in Africa - Vision of an African Leader" was delivered on Thursday 24th September 2009 at 6pm.
The event was also attended by Raila's daughter Rosemary Odinga, Environment Minister John Michuki and Kenya's Ambassador to the US, Peter Ogego. Watch the entire 71 minute video including unfiltered questions from the floor. The audio file is also available below. Video provided exclusively to KenyanGospel.com by Harvard University Media Dept
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VIDEO: Raila Odinga speaks at Harvard University Thur 24th September 2009
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1"Raila\\\" at Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:45by Davis
Was Raila chosen to give history of John F. Kennedy and his contributions to Africa or Making Democracy work in Africa? He has named several people who participated or acted to enhance killing of many innocent people, does he and Kibaki add to the list? Because due to these two Kenyans fought and slaughtered each other. Him, Raila has been in government during two regimes and in the opposition what are his contribution to improve democracy? Hasn\\\'t he himself be hungry for power and selfi
2"Raila the leader" at Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:57by joan
Give credit where its due..this man here is phenomenal...just listen to him speak...more of his elk n we are going higher and higher! Kudos Raila you have set the pace I say.
3"Mr." at Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:00by George
Thanking God for this man\\\'s boldness.Inspite of what has happened,P.E.V,IDPs,the Hague option,The Mau,Maize scandal,detention,coup conspiracy et cetera et cetera...he moves on advertising Kenya and standing in the face of all odds.Meet Raila Amolo Odinga,the man.
4"mrs" at Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:56by mwangi
I used to despise this man but in the past few months he has proved me wrong in all fronts and i wish i could rewind time, i could have voted for him with all that i have. here is a man who is willing to sacrifice everything he has worked for and built to save MAU forest, how many politicians can do that in KENYA? i truly admire him and all that he has done especially the way he markets kenya abroad. this same country has tortured, detained and does annythng it can think of to silence him, but e
5"TINGA" at Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:57by omondi, oduor erick
amollo, tinga, a true champion of our true causes, who else has done this before, pamne uru yawa!!!!
6Comment at Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:22by bayara
This guy is a joke! he is half a Nigerian? Obama\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s cousin? full BS
7"Amolo" at Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:30by Hesborn-Jkuat
This is the kind of the leaders we need as Kenyans. Raila will take us to the Kenya we want. He has the zeal and will
8"36481" at Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:06by dying of hunger, poor health c
These are our kenyan leaders and they deserve our support. Why do they give people hope and end up not fulfiling their promises? My generation knows no race or dicrimination, and they will exploit us as they did to our fathers. Their legime is gone-thirst for power, careless spending of public funds and so on. The current government has been there before our birth, but little have they done to improve kenyans lives
9Comment at Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:14by Njau
One of the harvard audiences should have asked him why he and his right hand man started genocide and ethnic cleansing. He is the epitome of the evil that has curbed Africa. I wish i was there i would stand up and ask him why he is so evil.
10"manager" at Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:36by Nderi
Njau it is people like you who post lies and shut tribal hatred.. now do you want to be reminded who gave the orders for the police to shoot innocent Kenyans dead?? the whole world watched in shock.. and genocide was started by the seem individual who had the control of the police, army and mungiki murderous thugs from central province.. next time do your homework before posting here lies..
11"Nderi" at Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:37by Mutegi
A well lie repeated by ODM never becomes the truth. There is Kreigler report, Waki report and KHNCR report. Fact is Genocide and ethnic cleansing was started in ODM strongholds. Other areas were relatively peaceful. I can show you a video by Raila defending the people carrying genocide as fighters for democracy. Infact Raila advocated the release of the perpetrators without condition that is why nobody has been convicted. Show me a government that would not kill a group of people hell bent on ki
12"@Nderi" at Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:52by Mutegi
Was the government supposed to negotiate with a rapist, child killers and other people destroying property and lynching innocent women and kids?
13"ISSUES" at Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:08by Lapis Lazuli
Odinga said it quite well. He said let forget about the past, and think about the future. Obviosuly some folks didb\\\'t get this i.e Njau, Nderi and Mutegi.
Please lets talk about ISSUES for once. The question is how can we help our country? Lets talks about IDEAS, not past events like the 2007 violence.
This Odinga guy is the best shot that Kenya has at realizing its dream. This is slowly becoming a fact.
14"director" at Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:10by mogera
A true leader. Kenya needs more like him if we are ever to shun tribalism and move from a third world state category. He definately has my vote should he decide to run for president again.
15"It\\\\\\\\\\\\" at Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:16by Njoroge
well I sopport this guy.. He just need to do what he said...
16"Mr" at Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:48by tony onyango
The last question is asked by a complete idiot
17"Mr." at Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:32by Ngogoyo
Raila is all comedy and a tactles dreamer. He wants to cut a niche for himself as a world great but he should know to climb a tree you have to start from the bottom not top. Secondly he has theories and no realistic ways of archieving his goals. His fave phrase that all kenya needs is infrastructure is now worn thin as we need food and security as the basic minimum before anything else but unfortunately his goverment has failed dismally there.Lastly can the not so eloquent PM address himself to
18"Mr" at Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:51by mungai
Just like someone just said, if only i could rewind the arms of time, agwambo would have my vote. i have now bought his idea and standing. my brothers lets not hate him. In banana, i thinks its only me and my dad
19"jhghg" at Mon, 28 Sep 2009 05:49by banda
Ngogoyo: The dude started from the very bottom. Get your facts right. Kindly also revisit the topic of discussion. It was on matters pertaining to Africa, and not Kenya. Now try and beat that.
Tony Onyango: I agree with you. The dude needs to go back to school for English 101. Maybe he wants to be noticed.
20"Nice" at Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:42by Judy
If we want to see Kenya, or Africa go places it has to start with the wanainchi themselves, it doesn\\\'t matter who sit on the presidential seat, people will never be pleased and stop at that and so, Kenya\\\'s faliar is not on the leaders its on the common people who have taken to tribalism, and embracing corruption and such. So it has to start with you, you, and yes, you! Raila is just doing what he knows best! and for you all instead of chit chatting, what are u doing for the sake o
21"93615" at Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:48by Ruto etc the spirit if the vic
Mr Odinga is not the most honest of persons. In his desperate quest for political power he sanitised war mongers in exchange for their support (Ruto, Ntimama). His condemnation of corruption is pure grandstanding - with the likes of Kosgey in his side of government. He insinuates imprisonment qualifies him for leadership forgetting despots in history have had a rich history of detention including Mugabe, Hitler etc. He talks of ethnicity but run a the most divisive campaign - slogan was 41 again
22"Agwambo political enigma" at Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:47by sammy
Raila has become apolitical enigma in the whole of Africa and people like Ngogoyo should know that their is change.Is not wakina Ngongoyo who who rigged the election. Pliz lets give credit where its due,without Raila Kenya could have been nowhere.Agwambo has left alegacy in this counry and has brouhgt democracy that both the old and young forks have longed for.
23Comment at Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:10by kamande
Amazing that some of you think that Raila has changed to be the man he has always been. He supported the killings and defended the killers themselves. Is there a reason why some kIKUYUS are in the IDP\\\'s while others who displaced them are occupying their land and homes? What makes Raila a visionary leader and Moi a bad one like he puts it. Raila has to be blamed for all that happened. Just to let you know Kenya will survive without this man. Why can\\\'t he keep the eyes on the ball?
24"mr" at Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:55by Paul Oduor
Hon. Raila, you tha face of Kenya, now we spend 4 hours everyday in traffic jams at the times we should be building kenya, at 70 years, I will have spent 19 years just on traffic jam, your vision is the best any leader can give, I will support you and work for the realization of a better kenya, we waited 40 years for KANU to go, 5 years is nothing Hon. Raila, lets wait, your time will come.
