CORD leader Raila Odinga travels to London as Kenyans celebrate Mashujaa Day

CORD leader Raila Odinga

CORD leader Raila Odinga failed to attend this year’s Mashujaa Day celebrations as he left the country Thursday morning to London to deliver a public lecture at Metropolitan University.

“I am scheduled to address students, scholars, public service officials and political leaders at the London Metropolitan University tomorrow during the opening session of the London Political Summit 2016,” he said in a press statement.

Raila said he will address the Summit on The Place of Opposition in a Hostile Political Environment.

He said the Summit will be opened by the Vice Chancellor of London Metropolitan University Prof. John Raftery, who will also be the chief host.

“I am however in solidarity with fellow citizens in Kenya and around the globe as we reflect on the state of our nation on this Mashujaa Day and how we can best contribute to make our country, better, stronger and more united today and into the future thereby creating new heroes that the next generation of Kenyans can be proud of.”

President uhuru Kenyatta is leading Kenyans and other senior government officials in this year’s Mashujaa Day celebrations in Machakos County at the Kenyatta Stadium.