Waning support from the West poses a risk to Raila's defiance

Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga during a presser at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga foundation on March 9, 2023. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]

The US First Lady's recent visit to the country was rich in significance, politically and economically, even though no official has openly said so.

In her public remarks, Mrs Jill Biden expressed almost no sentiments touching on the country's political affairs. In fact, she bore herself with an admirable objectivity and focused on her advocacy for women and youth causes and her attempt to attract the world's attention to the drought ravaging the Horn of Africa region.