Raila Odinga with Robert Njura who confessed that he helped the former prime minister to escape to Uganda and later travel to Norway during the struggle for multiparty democracy in 1991. Robert Njura saved the man who would define the contours of Kenya’s politics for the next few decades. I was beaten at my home in Nairobi, hospitalised at Nairobi Hospital and the Catholic Church helped me escape to my home before crossing over to Uganda and later Norway,” Raila said. Njura had last week talked to the media about his role in helping Raila escape Kenya.“My journey with my friend started tearfully in Nairobi. I ran most of the distance to Iganga,” Raila recalled.

Source: Standard Digital August 27, 2020 21:01 UTC