“Wanasema ati Raila ni project. Raila anaweza kuwa project? Huyu Ruto Nilimwajiri kama waziri wangu wa kilimo akaibaiba mahindi nikamfuta,” said Odinga.
He added: “Musalia Mudavadi alikuwa naibu wangu nikiwa waziri mkuu, hata Uhuru alikuwa naibu wangu, sasa naweza kuwa project yake?”
“Mombasa ndiyo ilikuwa makao makuu ya kwanza ya Kenya. Kenya ilianza kujengwa kutoka hapa Mombasa na ndiyo sababu Mombasa ni muhimu sana kwa uchumi yetu,” said Odinga.
“Ile revolution ninasema itaanza hapa Mombasa kwa sababu tuko na bandari kubwa zaidi eneo la Afrika Mashariki. Hii port itakuwa free port kama Dubai.“
The former Prime Minister further added that his government would establish special economic zones to boost youth employment in the area, citing Dubai as an example.
“Tumesema tutajenga special economic zone kama ya Dubai ili vijana wapate kazi,”said Odinga.
The Mombasa free port project is in Kenya’s Vision 2030 development program and is set to be implemented on a 1,000-acre free trade zone near the current Mombasa port.
The duty-free port is expected to create up to 250,000 jobs, increase direct foreign investment in the country, and boost regional trade.
Odinga was flanked by several leaders allied to his Azimio La Umoja movement among them Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho, his Kitui counterpart Charity Ngilu, as well as Nairobi County boss Ann Kananu.
