National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga is said to have wooed key American politicians and government officials to support his quest for electoral reforms and justice.
Nasa principal Moses Wetang’ula said that the former Prime Minister will launch a strategy aimed at forcing President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration into accepting electoral reforms and a fresh presidential election once he returns from a one-week tour to the US.
“Raila has met everybody he programmed to meet in the US, and he is continuing to meet more. When he comes back, we will release a programme, an action plan going forward,” Wetang’ula told Sunday Nation.
Among high profile US officials Raila has met in Washington DC include; Yamamoto Donald, who is the assistant secretary of State for African Affairs in the US administration, Michael Phelan, director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Greg Simpkins, director of the House of Representatives sub-committee on Africa as well as Senator Christopher Coons, who chairs the House Foreign Relations sub-committee on African Affairs.
In the meetings, the opposition leader lobbied support for Nasa’s resistance movement and its push for electoral justice.“It was a pleasure to meet a delegation from the International Republican Institute (IRI) led by President Daniel Twining. Also present was Delaware Senator Chris Coons,” Raila said in a statement on his Facebook page.
“We held a very candid and productive discussion that centred on Kenya’s political situation with particular emphasis on threats to democracy, constitutionalism and rule of law. The role credible elections play towards the stability of any nation’s democracy was discussed at length,” he went on.
“Our coalition maintains that justice must be done for our people through conducting of free and fair elections as ordered by the Supreme Court.”
In his speech at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington DC last Thursday, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader sought the help from the US and other Western nations to help Kenya come out of the current political crisis by supporting opposition quest for electoral reforms.
“I have come to Washington to convey a very simple message. We need engagement with many arms of government (US) to help find solutions to the problems Kenya is facing because I am convinced that all is not lost. Kenyans are asking for a fresh and credible election,” he said.
He came to meet okombe.
He came to meet okombe.
The United States has never…
The United States has never democratized a region. By the time they leave, if they ever leave a region, it’s in chaos, divide or both. Plus, they can’t even hold free and fair elections. They have Gerrymandering all over the place for the Republican party to hold on to seats. They are currently plagued with an avalanche of scandals that Am sure they wake up everyday sweating wondering what new shit will spew that day. Sasa, how can they help Kenya seriously?? But, we know Odinga is not in this for Kenya anyway.
Weta., you mean Okoa kenya,…
Weta., you mean Okoa kenya, nasa, nrm, 1 million signatures, withdrawing candidacy, boycotting of repeat elections, street demos, no conjugal rights, boycott of certain products etc were all not part of the strategy?all along what was that?
I start my comment by…
I start my comment by disclosing my deep held secrect official slogan which is “Raila will NEVER be president of Kenya”. Amen. Raila (A.K.A. Joshua} is a Prophet of doom. His plans, whatever they are, is to lead his followers to death or poverty. Those are the only two things he can provide for them. If you follow raila and go home to a meal thank God that day for the blessing for the alternative is death or poverty. NASA is funded drug barons Muthama, Haron, Joho, Kabogo, Wanjigi, Orengo and many others. Thanks God “Raila will NEVER be President of Kenya”.
He should have to Russia as…
He should have to Russia as well, the US surrendered it’s central world position to Putin who installed Trump in white house. The guys he saw can’t help.
Who is NASA fooling? Raila…
Who is NASA fooling? Raila did not meet any high profile US government official. Raila is only trying to save face from the embarrassment he has suffered in the US. The US government is run by Donald Trump. Which policy maker from the Trump Administration did Raila meet? None! Raila has no strategy for Uhuru because he has none. Just day-dreaming.