Raila with former UN Deputy Secretary-General Lord Mark Brown. [Photo:  Guardian]NASA leader Raila Odinga will hold talks with a host of UK current and former politicians as well as the business community.Sources close to Raila reveals that he would hold talks with the UK Minister of State for Africa Roy Stewart and former Secretary of State for International Development in the UK cabinet, Mr Andrew Mitchell, according to Daily Nation."Mr Odinga arrived in the UK today and is scheduled to meet leaders drawn from both within and outside government, business and politics," read a statement signed by Raila's spokesman Dennis Onyango, as quoted by the Nation.The meetings, Nation sources says, will focus on his reasons for withdrawing from the October 26 repeat presidential election and his views on how the country can continue on the path of reforms.Odinga’s adviser Salim Lone has said Odinga will use the London forum to shed light on what he termed 'diminishing space for free and fair elections in the country'.On Friday afternoon, Raila is expected to give a lecture on the political situation in the country at a public forum in the UK.The one-hour lecture titled 'Kenya’s Next Test: Democracy, Elections and the Rule of Law' will be held at the renowned Chatham House in London.Early Thursday, Odinga held talks with the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby after which he wrote on his Twitter account: "I value greatly the wise counsel that Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, imparted when I paid a courtesy call on him this morning."Raila also posted another picture of himself and former UN Deputy Secretary-General Lord Mark Brown, with whom he held talks later in the day."My meeting with former UN Deputy Secretary-General yielded valuable insights into Kenya’s political situation," Odinga said.

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