I Don't Want to Share Power with President Kenyatta, Raila Says on Voice of America

National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga has denied claims that he is using the planned swearing in as people's president to negotiate for a coalition government with President Kenyatta.

Speaking during an interview with Voice of America (VoA), the opposition leader instead said he wants to be in charge of the full government, insisting that he won August 8th, 2017 presidential elections.

“We’re not using the swearing-in as a basis of negotiating with Uhuru Kenyatta. We have said in fact that we don’t want any stake in Uhuru Kenyatta government. We want to be the ones who are in government," Raila told VoA.

He further said he is open to dialogue with President Kenyatta, but maintained it must be premised on electoral justice, judicial independence, police reforms, devolution and restructuring the executive.

He said that dialogue is the only thing that can stop him from taking oath of office on January 30th. "We say that if we cannot talk by January 30 we are going to be sworn in. And we will then release our program thereafter," he added.