Thousands of people want Raila to be nominated for the Nobel Prize :: Kenya

Thousands of social media users are lobbying for the opposition leader Raila Odinga is nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

The standard established that a change.org – link was sent to multiple users in networks across the globe to designate the ODM leader.

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Those behind the campaign say Raila deserves rewards for his peace initiatives in South Sudan and Kenya.

They say that Raila defended the rule of law and defended human rights.

Each year, members of academies, professors, scientists and past winners submit nominations for the prize.

Adan Ali, one of the UK-based exchange.org supporters, praised Raila, saying he deserved the award. He said that Raila had changed the lives of millions of Kenyans by sacrificing his freedom in exchange for a transformation of totalitarianism.

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million. Ali said that Kenya has gone from a dictatorship to a multi-party democracy because of Raila's efforts.
"Kenyans could still be in the dark without its sacrifices, Raila also negotiated peace, not only in Kenya, but on the African continent as a whole," he posted on the web.

Raila supporters posted the link on several social media platforms in Parliament and county bademblies. University students also share the links.

At 11 am yesterday (Monday), at least 1,737 people had signed the petition against a goal of 2,500. The website has 1.5 million subscribers on Facebook.

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Nobel Prize:

Alfred Nobel signed the famous will in November 1895 stating that most of his property, more than SEK 31 million (Sh 351 million) (today about Sh 19.4 billion) should be converted into funds and invested in "safe havens".

Investment income was to be "distributed annually in the form of a price to those who, in the preceding year, conferred the greatest benefit to mankind".

The amount of the Nobel Prize for 2017 has been set at 9.0 million SEK (102 shillings) per Nobel Prize.

Africans receive the Nobel Peace Prize:

1. 1960 – Albert Lutuli, President of the African National Congress. He won the award at a time when he was persecuted by his own authorities.

2. 1978 – Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat shares with Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. They took the initiative to negotiate a peace treaty between the two countries.

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3. 1984 – Desmond Tutu, from South Africa, received the award not only as a gesture of support for him and for the Council of Churches of South Africa which he was the leader, but also for all the individuals and groups of South Africa who, concerned with human dignity, fraternity and democracy, incite to the admiration of the world.

4. 1993 – The anti-apartheid leader of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, became the first democratically elected president of the country, and the president of apartheid, FW de Klerk. They were rewarded for their work in favor of the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime and for laying the foundation for a new democratic South Africa.

5. 2001 – Kofi Annan of Ghana, Secretary-General of the United Nations, shared with the United Nations; For their work for a better organized and more peaceful world.

6. 2004 – Wangari Maathai of Kenya, ecologist and founder of the Green Belt Movement. Maathai was the first woman peace laureate in Africa and was recognized for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.

7. 2005 – Egypt Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the UN nuclear watchdog, shared with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); rewarded for their efforts to prevent the use of nuclear energy for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible manner.

8. 2011 – Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and peace activist Leymah Gbowee shared with Tawakkol Karman of Yemen: For their non-violent struggle for women's security and women's rights to fully participate in the work of strengthening the peace peace.

9. 2015 – Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, a group of four organizations: the Tunisian General Labor Union, the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Commerce and Handicrafts, the Tunisian League of Human Rights the man and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers: For his decisive contribution to a pluralist democracy in Tunisia following the 2011 Jasmin Revolution.

Mercy Asamba, Sara Okuoro, and Kepher Otieno

(BBC Supplementary Reports)

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