Salim Lone, an adviser to NASA boss Raila Odinga, has revealed
details of the Opposition leader's meeting in the US last week.
In an opinion piece published in the Star, Lone says Raila's trip attracted a lot of interest from players keen on Kenya's future.
"I have been with Raila on visits to the US before but there has never been such an extraordinary level of interest in him, from government as well as congressional officials to Africa, policy experts, Republican and Democratic electoral democracy building bodies IRI and NDI, and the Editorial Boards of the Washington Post and NY Times...," Lone says.
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He, however, says he cannot fully report what was discussed as the meetings were confidential.
"But what was said by Ambassador Mark Bellamy, a pillar of the Washington establishment on Kenya and Africa - at
the CSIS event attended by the cream of Kenya and Africa experts - captured the essence of how many in the US capital perceived our crisis."
He says Raila's defense of economic boycotts won over many skeptics.
