Jomo Kenyatta became President in his 70s, Amos Wako tells 'young' Raila

Opposition leader Raila Odinga is "too young" to heed Jubilee sympathiser's "misguided" call for him to leave the political scene.

This is what Bungoma Senator Amos Wako said on Saturday when he asked the 73-year-old ODM leader to stay put and ignore people saying he is too old for active politics.

Wako said Raila should not exit the scene before the next general election as all admirable African leaders became Presidents in their seventies.

“At what age did Nelson Mandela become the President of South Africa? At what age did Jomo Kenyatta become the President of Kenya?" he asked in Ugenya.

Mandela was born in 1918 and ruled South Africa from 1994 to 1999 while Kenya's founding father was born in 1891 and led from 1964 to 1978.

Raila has vied five times for the top seat. He could vie again in 2022 as his dream is to lead Kenyans to a promised land without vices such as corruption, land injustices and unfair distribution of resources.

President Uhuru Kenyatta and DP William Ruto are among those who have asked him to step back.

-The Star