Raila Odinga and his Nasa brigade today held a rally at Embakasi’s Jacaranda Grounds where they explained to Kenyans their stand in regard to October 17th repeat election.
Nasa maintained that they would not participate in the repeat presidential election unless IEBC meets their irreducible minimum reform demands.
Nasa’s argument is based on Albert Einstein’s assertion; insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Nasa argues that the same people who rigged August 8th election are still in office and that October 17th repeat election will just be another scam just like August 8th rigged election.
Nasa’s threat might plunge the country into an abyss, if Nasa supporters fail to participate in October 17th election then what will happen next will be a like a nuclear bomb detonated on our country’s peace and cohesion.
Below is Raila’s explanation of Nasa’s Nairobi Declaration at Jacaranda Grounds:
Democracy is a system of government in which a country’s political leaders are chosen by the people in regular, free and fair elections. Kenyans spoke in a loud and emphatic voice on August 8th giving us victory; however the will of the majority was subverted by a few with malicious intent.
As a coalition we have tried to engage the IEBC with a view to having our grave and valid concerns addressed but to no avail. In response all that we have seen is their unilateral decision to set an election date. Despite well documented and widespread anomalies in the last poll they have defiantly refused to make any amends and are proceeding as if it’s business as usual.
Today we have made the Nairobi Declaration at Jacaranda Grounds stating that unless our irreducible minimum reform demands are met, we shall not have a repeat presidential election. We wish to once again thank all our supporters for staying the course with us as we continue with our quest for justice and endeavour to protect the democracy of our great nation.
