Azimio leader Raila Odinga has told off US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman, over her remarks on Kenya’s 2022 elections.

Addressing delegates at the ongoing Devolution conference in Uasin Gishu county, Odinga told the diplomat to keep off Kenya’s internal affairs.

”Finally, I want to tell a rogue ambassador, leave Kenyans alone,” Odinga said.

The ODM Party leader Raila Odinga said the US ambassador should stop meddling in Kenya’s internal affairs saying she will otherwise be recalled.

”Tell the rogue ambassador, Kenya is not a colony of the United States, keep your mouth shut when you are here, or else you will be recalled,” Odinga further stated.

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Raila was the guest speaker at the ongoing devolution conference in Eldoret Uasin Gishu county where he gave a keynote speech on devolution.

How Whiteman rattled Raila 

The United States ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman addressed the Devolution Conference on Wednesday, August 16, where she commented on Kenya’s affairs.

In her address, Meg Whitman stated that Kenya had made a big step in terms of democracy. 

She further stated that the 2022 General Election was the most transparent in the history of the nation.

 “I arrived in Kenya days before the general election, what I witnessed was short of a remarkable,” said Whitman while addressing at the conference.

She further stated that the Supreme Court ruling reaffirmed the transparency of the last polls and the progress that Kenya had been made in terms of democracy.

“The election was observed by local and international election organizations and the results were upheld by the Kenyan Supreme Court and power was transferred orderly and peacefully at the time,” she added.

Raila Allies on Whitman

Remarks by the diplomat rubbed the opposition the wrong with Siaya Senator Oburu Oginga claiming that The United States and other foreign powers were interfering with Kenyan affairs.

The Siaya senator further stated that he found it insensitive that the US ambassador praised the democratic and transparency of Kenyan elections.

“I’m hurt when the US ambassador is dancing and praising democracy in Kenya when such rights (right to demonstrate) are being criminalized and described as destruction of property,” he said while addressing the media.

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The US ambassador called on the opposition to stop antigovernment protests and consider dialogue.

She further volunteered to be the mediator between the government and the opposition.