{"id":3791,"date":"2020-03-07T14:41:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T14:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=3791"},"modified":"2020-03-07T14:41:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-07T14:41:33","slug":"river-jordan-is-now-clear-of-crocodiles-says-raila","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/river-jordan-is-now-clear-of-crocodiles-says-raila","title":{"rendered":"River Jordan is now clear of crocodiles, says Raila"},"content":{"rendered":"

Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga now says his proverbial Canaan has finally become a reality after President Uhuru Kenyatta removed hurdles that initially dogged the journey.<\/p>\n

Raila said President Kenyatta removed the crocodiles that infested River Jordan and which for many years \u201cblocked Kenyans from reaching the Biblical land of milk and honey.\u201dIn the past, the former premier claimed the journey to Canaan had been rudely disrupted by hungry crocodiles.Yesterday, Raila attributed the removal of the crocodile to his historic \u201chandshake\u201d and good working relationship with President Kenyatta.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to reassure you and thank President Kenyatta for his intervention to clear the reptiles from the river to allow us reach the destination,\u201d he said in Masat, Ugenya, during the burial of Kahawa Wendani (Kiambu County) MCA, Cyrus Omondi, who died in India.Raila likened the unfolding Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) political discourse to the Ujamaa philosophy of former Tanzanian President Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.<\/p>\n

\u201cNyerere brought Ujamaa in Tanzania and championed unity regardless of the Tanzanians\u2019 diverse ethnicity. This is the foundation we want to build in Kenya,\u201d he added. Several Jubilee politicians from Kiambu, led by Governor James Nyoro and former governor William Kabogo, declared support for the BBI being driven by Raila and President Kenyatta.The family of the late MCA demanded investigations into his death.<\/p>\n

They had asked President Kenyatta and Raila to ensure the cause of death is established. Omondi\u2019s mother Millicent Achieng said she had forgiven any person who might have killed her son, while his brother Felix Otieno described him as a respectful and caring man. \u201cMy brother was a devoted family man, a listener who was a good friend to many people,\u201d he said.Raila and Nyoro pledged to ensure the death was fully investigated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga now says his proverbial Canaan has finally become a reality after President Uhuru Kenyatta removed hurdles that initially dogged the journey. Raila said President Kenyatta removed the crocodiles that infested River Jordan and which for many years \u201cblocked Kenyans from reaching the Biblical land of milk and honey.\u201dIn the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":3792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,12],"tags":[317,242,316,136],"class_list":["post-3791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","tag-elections-2022","tag-raila-odinga","tag-succession-politics","tag-uhuru-kenyatta"],"yoast_head":"\nRiver Jordan is now clear of crocodiles, says Raila - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga now says his proverbial Canaan has finally become a reality after President Uhuru Kenyatta\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/river-jordan-is-now-clear-of-crocodiles-says-raila\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"River Jordan is now clear of crocodiles, says Raila\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga now says his proverbial Canaan has finally become a reality after President Uhuru Kenyatta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/river-jordan-is-now-clear-of-crocodiles-says-raila\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-07T14:41:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/jelipqn9dyvormb9235e62a0a164ded.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/river-jordan-is-now-clear-of-crocodiles-says-raila#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/river-jordan-is-now-clear-of-crocodiles-says-raila\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"River Jordan is now clear of crocodiles, says Raila\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-07T14:41:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/river-jordan-is-now-clear-of-crocodiles-says-raila\"},\"wordCount\":305,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/river-jordan-is-now-clear-of-crocodiles-says-raila#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/sites\/28\/2020\/03\/jelipqn9dyvormb9235e62a0a164ded.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Elections 2022\",\"Raila Odinga\",\"Succession politics\",\"Uhuru Kenyatta\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/river-jordan-is-now-clear-of-crocodiles-says-raila#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/river-jordan-is-now-clear-of-crocodiles-says-raila\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/policy\/river-jordan-is-now-clear-of-crocodiles-says-raila\",\"name\":\"River Jordan is now clear of crocodiles, says Raila - 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