IN TRIBUTE TO THE LATE RT. HON. RAILA AMOLO ODINGA, MOHAMED ADOW, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF POWER SHIFT AFRICA, MOURNS ‘A LIFELONG CHAMPION OF CLIMATE ACTION, HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE’

NAIROBI, OCTOBER 15, 2025

I, and the entire Power Shift Africa community, join fellow Kenyans and the world in mourning the passing of Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga, a statesman and pan-Africanist whose vision and courage transcended politics. His life’s work embodied an unwavering commitment to social, economic, environmental and human justice.

Raila Odinga understood that the health of a nation depends on the health of its people and its environment. Long before climate action became a global imperative, he spoke of the need to protect Kenya’s forests, rivers, and biodiversity. He saw conservation as a moral duty that was intertwined with the fight against inequality and poverty.