Nairobi, June 20 -- Former Kenya Prime Minister Raila Odinga has expressed disappointment over the cancellation of the Adani airport deal, according to a report by NairobiLeo.co.ke, a digital media house in Kenya.

Raila Odinga, who is the leader of ODM (Orange Democratic Movement), was speaking at the third National Executive Retreat in Karen on Friday, the report said. He lamented that Kenya lost a strategic opportunity as the deal fell through.

The report said Odinga singled out political manoeuvring as the key reason for the deal's collapse, warning that the fallout from the cancelled deal could affect Nairobi's relevance.

Kenya, he said, is strategically located and he expressed disappointment that the country was not able to move ...