This archive report was first published on 12 November 2021.
Published on November 12, 2021, Raila Odinga has continued to deny claims that he is being primed to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2022.
Following his handshake with the President, there have been reports that Raila is a 'state project'. However, the ODM Party leader has rubbished these claims, stating that he is his own man and not someone's project.
“Can I be someone’s project? I laugh off these. Uhuru is also laughing when he hears that I am being branded his project. I am Kenyans’ project,” Raila said during the interview.
Raila also dismissed reports that One Kenya Alliance leaders have been coerced to back him in the 2022 Elections.
“I have heard of people speaking of phone calls. I have not been called. There is no time we have sat and coerced to support another,” he said.
He added that he has not announced his intention to vie for the presidency and that when he decides to do so, it will be known.
