CS Moses Kuria: When Raila Made Me The Best Chicken Ever
Kuria's relationship can be stretched back to 1994 when former Vice President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga helped him fight expulsion from the University of Nairobi.
Marvin Chege 
Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria on Thursday, September 21 opened up on his little-known close ties with the family of former Prime Minister and Azimio la Umoja leader, Raila Odinga.
Kuria's relationship can be stretched back to 1994 when the late former Vice President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga helped him fight expulsion from the University of Nairobi (UoN).
The CS was on a tour of Siaya County during the launch of Siaya County Aggregation and Industrial Park in Central Alego when he opened up on the time he was invited to a meal at Raila's Opoda farm in Bondo.
CS Moses Kuria (right) and Raila Odinga during a past meeting. /NAIROBI NEWS
He narrated how he and Raila's brother Oburu Odinga were chased and whisked to safety after a rally they attended in Kisumu turned chaotic.
The chaos saw teargas hurled to disperse the masses leading to Oburu and Kuria being taken to safety. In the process, Kuria narrated they ended up at Raila's Opoda farm following a run-in with the police who lobbed teargas during the first anniversary celebrations of Oginga because of playing music.
It was here that the firebrand CS revealed that Raila prepared a delicious chicken he claims cannot be found anywhere on Earth.
"President Moi had said there was not going to be any live music in that Tero buru and the leadership of this region had said noway...," he narrated.
"When the music started at 6:30 pm, Okatch Biggy started playing, teargas were thrown. I remember Oburu and I were helping each other to escape from a DC called Kiritu Wamai, we were whisked to safety, we went to Opoda Farm and 'Baba' (Raila) prepared for us the best chicken I have ever tasted in this side of the world."
Regarding his relationship with Oginga, Kuria revealed that it began when he was a student and Oginga helped him fight a move by the University of Nairobi to kick him out of school.
“I have a feeling of foreboding when I remember the journey that myself, my brother James Orengo, and Senator Oburu Oginga and I have come," he said.
"I feel a sense of foreboding when I remember the journey that myself, James Orengo, Senator Oburu have come from... On the 20th of January 1994, we were here, a whole 29 years ago to bury Jaramogi Oginga Odinga the man who instructed Otieno Kajwang to represent me in court and get an injunction that stopped me from being expelled from UoN and when I came here to bury him..."
Kuria is one of Raila's fiercest critics and has been known to call him all manner of names and even threaten him for calling for anti-government protests.
The Cabinet Minister, during the launch, was quick to remind the leaders of the need to work together and focus on development.
"Me and you have got very high chances of seeing the kingdom of heaven because of what we are doing today," he said as the crowd erupted in laughter.
"There are no elections this year and next year, so let us keep ourselves busy by focusing on development and when the next election comes, we decide that tea time is over, we go back to those other things and if possible even those ones we leave them behind and vote together as one united nation."
His sentiments were echoed by Siaya Governor James Orengo who said that politicians should work together regardless of party affiliations.
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