Opposition leader Raila Odinga has come out to defend the coalition’s call for donations from Kenyans to finance its presidential campaigns ahead of the repeat election scheduled for October 17th.
Hours after NASA launched the initiative, President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party dismissed the initiative, saying it is a plot to fleece Kenyans of their hard-earned cash.
However, the former Prime Minister defended the drive, saying it is a normal practice globally, even in developed democracies.
On Friday, NASA unveiled an M-Pesa pay bill number and bank account through which the supporters can make contributions.
“All over the democratic world, elections are financed and run by donors and volunteers.
“In fact, in many countries where big business and the corporate world are in bed with the repressive State, volunteers and small donors are the ones who make the big difference,” Raila said during a press conference in Nairobi.
The Orange Democratic Movement leader described initiative is people-driven and accused Jubilee of using public coffers to finance its campaigns.
“Jubilee is using our taxes to finance its elections and steal our votes. “It is using our taxes to punish and beat us into surrender,” Odinga claimed.
“The fund we are launching today is another step on the long road to reclaim our country from fraudsters, election thieves and election authoritarianism.
“We want every Kenyan to be part of this historic journey because it offers each one of us a chance to ensure fidelity to the Constitution and restoration of our country’s glory that has been eroded by bad governance, corruption and tribalism,” He added.
In a press briefing, National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale said he was shocked by Nasa’s appeal for funds.
“Kenyans must ignore these fraudsters masquerading as liberators. We are asking Kenyans to be very careful because this is similar to gambling.
“We expect them to go back to the people and prepare for the repeat poll. They should stop the shenanigans, press conferences and fundraising,” Duale said.
“Corrupt cartels funding them must have realised that they cannot win an election,”
Before the 2017 Elections,…
Before the 2017 Elections, UhuRuto raised money for their Alliance by Issuing 20/= Registration Card to Raise Money for their Campaign. So Uthamaki ISITULETEE.
After all Raila Odinga can Foot the Campaign Bill (by himself) if he wanted to (only that His Supporters want to Support him in Word, Kind, and Action).
Raila can go raise funds…
Raila can go raise funds from Maraga-ra and the judiciary. He will lose to Uhuru again with even a bigger margin. Shame on Maraga and the 3 other illiterate judges
In USA we say its not …
In USA we say its not right to steal babies milk. Rao go to the molasses plant and spectra and finance your campaign. Watermelon can try to sell land and help you out. I don’t think Muslim is of any help
Hahaha why don’t he use…
Hahaha why don’t he use stollen public money he has enriched his family with???First mollases company pple invested with shares were told to raise money since today they have never seen it.2rd teachers strike they collect money where is it??3rdly now its campaign money waiting to b given by the parents of the kids which raila has said they r not better than him,they won’t die,Kwani politics r better than our kids future??my pple but unga n live this devo worshipper alone.Let him use his stollen billions to compaign.They need to pay wanjigi 15b ksh wanjipange walikula peke yao.
Like I said, let his…
Like I said, let his supporters donate so he can line his already well oiled pocket well whilst they wait for some makopo in those Nairobi slums, for example. Akili ni nywele, kila mtu ana zake! Guest1, waongoze na upost prove umedonate ndio wafwate example. Ama vipi?
PS: Relative to this topic, I saw a clip where a certain Luo guy named destroyer was asking for Miguna Miguna forgiveness after he led some youth in attacking him in Mombasa, ati because Miguna was anti-Odinga. Fast forward, leo hii he cannot find a job because everyone thinks he was paid for what he did and that he is a mole. He was begging for money to feed his family and he was mortified that Odinga camp never reached out for him. He and his friends really roasted Miguna, to an extent of leaving him shoe-less and holed up in Castle hotel under police protection, all in the name of Odinga’s loyalty. Moral of the story: Odinga is a one man show, kikiumana uko pekee yako and familia yako. Chaguo ni lako…..
History has taught us that…
History has taught us that you cannot buy a politician but you can only RENT one.
Now that the NASWA morons and conmen led by Ojinga are broke, Kenyans must make a few conclusions.
a) For Ojinga to sell tickets to a fake Canaan is to engage in nothing but POLITICAL CONMANSHIP.To us peasants who cannot feed their children to send him campaign money is merciless and downright cruel and this is why Ojinga is nothing but the LORD OF POVERTY. This lad has a hole in his soul.
b) If Ojinga is asking for campaign money from peasants it means he cannot pay the RENTED politicians like Isaac Rutto and Peter Munya and this is why they are abandoning him one by one and the principle is simple – NO FINANCES,NO ROMANCE.
People tend to gravitate towards a WINNER and not a GAMBLER like the lad Ojinga and this explains why politicians are abandoning Ojinga because it doesn’t go wrong, It starts wrong.