You have no powers to stop an election from being held, this was President Uhuru Kenyatta’s message to his nemesis Raila Odinga as he took his reelection campaigns to Western Kenya.
Addressing a campaign rally in Busia County on Friday, the head of state Uhuru lashed out at the former Prime Minister over his “no elections without reforms” threats, terming them “imaginary and nonsensical”.
Uhuru warned that the state will take firm action against any attempts to block Kenyans from voting in the repeat poll set for October 26th.
“There is no way the government will allow anyone to block any voter from exercising their right to choose the leader of their choice,” Uhuru said.
“The election is about and belongs to the Kenyan people and not the candidates,” he said.
Deputy President William Ruto accused the opposition of plotting to plunge the country into chaos, in order to use unorthodox means to get to power.
“We know your strategy is to have demonstrations that will lead people to fight so there are no polls. Then you call for a nusu mkate government. It will not happen,” Ruto told Busia rally on Friday.
Raila, who is making his fourth shot at the presidency, had threatened that there no elections will be held unless the electoral commission meets the coalitions demands dubbed “11 irreducible minimums”.
The Orange Democratic Movement leader also demands that IEBC ECO Ezra Chiloba and 10 other officials vacate office accusing them of having a hand in bungling the August 8th elections.
“I want to tell Odinga that if President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, cannot stop elections in this country, who is he to tell us he will stop the October 26 elections?” Ruto said in Busia.
“It is only the Kenyan public who can stop any election,” Ruto added.
“I have enough supporters to carry out protests, you can’t threaten me…you will not see me in the streets but you will meet Kenyans, there is no reason of going to the elections,” Raila said in a press briefing on Thursday.
“Our friends in the opposition are not interested in elections because they have no votes. They have sensed defeat and that’s why they’re looking for ways of getting to power through the backdoor,” DP Ruto said.
“They have resorted to demonstrations to cause chaos and bloodshed, with the hope of making the country ungovernable so they can negotiate for a nusu mkata. But that won’t happen.” He added.
Uhuruto should understand…
Uhuruto should understand that he was against the New constitution we now have and all NASA wants is the changes atthe IEBC,we cannot work with the same things who stole the from Raila.We don’t want to go back in Uni errors.It uhuruto who are scared for the repeat elections to go ahead.It is not Raila.Change the the thieves and we shall be ready for elections.kumbafu uhuruto
Oh how I pray this inciter…
Oh how I pray this inciter and murderer Ojinga dies in his sleep and let Kenya move on peacefully.Kenya is losing billions of much needed cash to put food on the table due to this lad.
Nonsense! FYI: RAILA Is…
Nonsense! FYI: RAILA Is looking for Level Ground Election; not Derailing the Election. And is it a must for Repeat Elections to be on Your Birthday?
Live bullets should be used…
Live bullets should be used on those people who will be destroying properties and possess harm to fello kenyans on election day. Tooth for tooth. No one should threaten Kenyans exercising their rights to vote. Voting is citizens right # Michuki should be alive to take care of these thugs threatening fellow country men and women.
Uhuru opened this can of…
Uhuru opened this can of worms I am afraid to say. Whilst I support him as a lesser evil, he never mastered control of his government. Instead, he let them run riot like naughty school boys whilst he tried to win them over by trying to be too liberal with his jeans wearing image. Well, now look what we have, an ungovernable people. This clip encapsulates how deep the rot has set in Kenya. I almost cried when I saw this shocking insults of politicians who are meant to be leaders by example. Watch the clip at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvQ9G7LN8c4 . Alternative cut and paste: FULL VIDEO OF BABU OWINO VS MIKE SONKO || SHOCKING INSULTS THAT LEFT THE COUNTRY WONDERING.
@Guest1, Your crazy god of…
@Guest1, Your crazy god of bloodshed, destruction and extreme poverty can’t level playing field by building mountains out of mole hills! Albert Einstein once said, “A sign of insanity is when one does the same thing over and over but expecting different results.” Your crybaby has five times tried to ascend to the presidency through unconditional means; including attempted coup in 1982 and the worst bloodshed and mayhem in independent Kenya in 2007/8. Three times this shameless fool has claimed that his victory was stolen. What kind of a stupid fool is he that he too can’t learn how to steal if he really believes that’s the only way Kenyan president’s can be elected? In 2013, he the de facto incumbent as the PM and co-principal in the Grand Coalition government. Yet, even though President Kibaki was not on the ballot and Uhuru wasn’t in the government and had ICC case to contend with, this crazy fool claimed that Uhuru, who was a nobody in the government to direct IEBC or security forces, stole his victory!! This utter nonsense which only Luo ODM brainwashed hooligans the likes of Guest1 and Okulaulanga can religiously believe without any questions! What a bunch of brain dead primitive followers of lord and King of poverty!!! Let all those fools who can’t think of reason anything on their own be warned that their crazy evil god will never be the president of our peaceful Republic which he has severally attempted to burn to the ground. The nearest he will ever get is the nusu mkate he got through backdoor on the blood of 1300 innocent Kenyans and at the expense of trillions; including displacement of 600,000 Kenyans from their homes and farms. Never again — 2007/8 was the first and last time this recklessly crazy self-serving and self-absorbed man take Kenyans for destructive ride!! If his Luo blind worshippers want to destroy their lives at his altar of bloodshed and destruction, let them do so alone without dragging peace loving civilized Kenyans into their bottomless pit of poverty and destruction.
Why does Uhuru Kenyatta want…
Why does Uhuru Kenyatta want to bring the Evil spirit of Dictatorship back to Kenya?
He mist real Hate Kenyans.
I hope Uhuru Kenyatta loses this election.
right now,what we Kenyans…
right now,what we Kenyans
want is leader with integrate,father who will maintain his homestead in good unity,father loves peace,who cares our vision 2030..father who drives Kenyans into a great development..verse a man who don’t care people of Kenya at all…also we don’t want a man who will lead innocent creatures to regret..