The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) has questioned Raila Odinga’s academic qualifications as a presidential candidate for the Azimio-One Kenya Alliance.
Veronica Maina, the secretary general of the United Democratic Alliance, said during an appearance on Citizen TV’s Daybreak program that there is a need to re-examine the legitimacy of presidential contenders’ academic qualifications.
“You have seen a lot of headlines questioning the university that our biggest opponent, Raila Amolo Odinga, qualified from. It is a very big question which needs to be looked at, not through the lens of just one candidate, but a wider public question,” Maina said.
The UDA secretary general also questioned the legitimacy of Roots Party Presidential aspirant George Wajackoyah posing whether his 17 degrees are genuine or whether they need to be relooked.
“The institutions that trained him should tell us whether he actually has 14 degrees or 7, and how many are recognized or not,” she said.
“It is a bigger question of what qualifications should a politician have before they assume a public office, and it has been a subject of litigation,” she said.
Her statement was made in support of Nairobi gubernatorial candidate Johnson Sakaja, who is now fighting a legal battle after his academic credentials were made public.
Sakaja has insisted on having a degree from Uganda’s Teams University, despite reports that he did not.
