Raila: Uhuru Rejected Calls to Charge Me with Treason After 2018 'Swearing-in'

ODM leader Raila Odinga says President Kenyatta rejected calls to charge him with treason following his swearing-in as ‘people’s president’ in 2018.

Speaking on Sunday at a service at Legio Maria church in Makongeni, Nairobi, Odinga said the president was under pressure to arrest and charge him with treason, but he turned down the calls. 

"Uhuru akaambiwa, Raila amezidi, ile kitendo amefanya ni treason, tumshike, tumpeleke mahahakamani tumshataki, tumpeleke Kamiti tukamnyonge," Raila told the congregation. 

"Uhuru akasema hapana, si tukakutana na tukaketi chini, na tukaongea sana na kwa kirefu." 

Odinga divulged that the two held talks where they agreed that Kenya was bigger than either of them, leading to the historic March 9th, 2018 handshake.

During the church service, Raila said he will announce whether he will run for the presidency or not at the meeting of "Azimio la Umoja" in Nairobi on December 9th.

He, at the same time, defended his Sh6,000-a-monthly stipend pledge to the poorest Kenyans, saying it will be easy to fund it as all corruption loopholes will be sealed under his leadership.