Isaac Mwaura reveals 3 Kenyans Africans ask him most about
By Luke Oluoch, November 23, 2025Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura has revealed two Kenyan personalities that Africans have been most impressed by on his travels across the continent.
In a statement on his X page on Sunday, November 23, 2025, Mwaura disclosed that many of his interactions with ordinary people, such as taxi drivers and youths, sought to know more about legal scholar PLO Lumumba and the late former Prime Minister, Raila Odinga.
“Apart from President Ruto, the only other 2 Kenyans that I get to be asked about in many African countries are Prof. PLO Lumumba and Raila Odinga. From taxi drivers, ordinary inquisitive youth in the streets of Accra, or Kailicha in South Africa near Cape Town. They are legendary,” he stated.
He says the two, along with President William Ruto, have consistently come up in his conversations with different people across the motherland continent.
Whereas Raila Odinga is acclaimed as Kenya’s foremost politician, Lumumba is an acclaimed orator, constitutional lawyer, and pan-Africanist speaker known for his powerful speeches criticising corruption, colonialism, and bad leadership.
In his tribute to Raila Odinga following his passing on October 15, 2025, Mwaura acknowledged the towering influence of the late leader that placed him at the centre of Kenya’s politics for a period spanning three decades.
Taking to his X page on Sunday, November 2, 2025, Mwaura commented on how the fallen ODM leader was the gravitational centre of Kenyan politics, with all politicians either aligning with him or rebelling against him.
“Raila Odinga has been the most consequential ‘political father’ of our times, such that the ‘children’ either rebelled or aligned themselves with him, in what came to be known as either Railamania or Railaphobia,” he stated.
According to him, so immense was Raila’s influence that it often resulted in the phenomena associated with either a strong affection for the politician, ‘Railamania’, or a strong disdain often referred to as ‘Railaphobia’.
His sentiments formed part of his tribute to the fallen leader who shaped modern Kenyan political discourse, alliances, and rivalries.