State House Spokesman Responds to Raila's Claim about Thursday's Repeat Election

State House spokesman Manoah Esipisu has responded National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga's remarks regarding Thursday's repeat presidential election.
Speaking on Friday in an interview with a local FM station, Raila claimed that the voter turnout for the fresh election was low as 25 per cent of the registered voters.
However, speaking in an interview with CNN on Friday, Esipisu termed Raila's as "laughable."
Esipisu said that the Raila is neither the chairperson nor a commissioner of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and cannot therefore determine how many voters turned out for the repeat poll.
"Raila allegations are only laughable. He is neither the chair nor a commissioner of the electoral body," reiterated Esipisu.
Asked on the legitimacy of Uhuru's presidency if he is declared by IEBC, Esipisu said the poll cannot be illegitimate because a section of Kenyans boycotted it.
He cited a few countries where a section have boycotted and the electoral commission went ahead to declare the winner.
"The election cannot be illegitimate just because some people boycotted the process and also the turnout being low. Countries like Romania and Kosovo recently had elections with low voter turnouts but they were not illegitimate. Liberia had an election in 2011 where some people boycotted the process but the then elected President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf still served her term," added Esipisu.
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The best answer to…
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The best answer to legitimacy issue should have been-Muuaji Raila and his terror gang do not own Kenya(ns) and can never be their spokesman.He can only speak for his mad worshipers and the 1300 he killed in 07/08 PEV.
Fake Joshua is a laughing…
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Fake Joshua is a laughing stock heading to hyacinth forest in his new formed NASA Guerilla Resistance Movement.
Kosovo??? What!!
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Kosovo???
What!!
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We need more data driven arguments, passion and enthusiasm from the spokesman. Tough times call for change of tact and electrifying emotional intelligence to counter the barrage of propaganda coming from different wings of nasa including nrm. As I have advocated to myself in the past on this forum, my JP needs analysts, spin doctors, negotiators, and devil's advocates to test-run some of the issues afflicting their party. This idea of lone rangers coming out sporadically to defend JP then disappear until something else comes up has created a sense of apprehension even to the JP diehards, JP damus and JP ndani-ndani-ndanis. The times have proven that nothing should be "laughable" at the face value. We got to be engaged and respond appropriately to render these propaganda actually laughable. We cannot be too busy leveraging our strengths and ignore or wish away our glaring weaknesses. Better days are coming-cheers!
I hear you @Oneday. Raila…
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In reply to We need more data driven… by OneDay@times (not verified)
I hear you @Oneday. Raila and his people are really hyping their propaganda...daylight lies... posting videos, getting on local and international media,... social and print media, everywhere you turn.
Jubilee is taking it too easy...only Balala, I commend him, has come out strongly, Murkomen and Wairia...
Raila's lies and propaganda need to be continuously countered ....he is emulating Trump's style of flooding the media with lies until the lies take over the truth.
Where is JP's think tank? We want to see and hear you counter the lies out on all media/mediums.
Voter turnout was low.UK is…
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Voter turnout was low.UK is now the minority president elect .Tyranny of numbers ilikuwa myth tu kubali mliiba election August .
Wapende Wasipende,Uhuruto…
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Wapende Wasipende,Uhuruto kumi na tano!
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To Uhuru
Mr. President, I would like to be one of your speechwriters during the second term of your presidency.
During our recent Mashujaa day celebrations you recognized a girl of Moi Girls who died while trying to save the lives of her colleagues. Just below that I would have added the following…
…. What a heroine! At only 14 years old Mary did not care about the many years ahead of her she would have lived and the achievements and gains she stood to gain. She would have escaped with her life and leave her colleagues to die. But she didn’t. This girl did not only display a lot of courage but the unique character she was.
Compare Mary with a 70 year old man, blessed with all those years, did not only complete his studies and worked in this country but also invested and made his immense wealth in this country. He has finished bringing up and educating his children and now he doesn’t care how many children like Mary are going to suffer in this country as he holds the country at ransom; businesses are dying, companies are closing down and what is this old man doing? This man who is enjoying bonus age at God’s mercy is bringing the entire country down that unless he becomes President of this country the country will not move forward without him. He is in a spirited campaign of demonstrations and confusion causing suffering to everybody including his community, his distant grandchildren and relatives. This old man should reflect on Mary’s action and see how many times Mary was a heroine and the lesson he should learn from her.
And Jubilee and government is failing again. The other day Raila told the country that the ballot papers we saw being offloaded from a plane at JKIA had been printed in Kirinyaga Road. And neither the government nor Jubilee has responded to this cheap lie. I have many times proposed a secretariat that responds to Raila’s attack on government in real time. I have suggested before that we don’t have to give Raila space to make falsehoods and get away with it. The government or Jubilee party should be in a position to reply him immediately. And I laud what Duale always does. We need more Duales if you can’t set up such a secretariat
Think about how to deal with Raila’s post-election plan. He will probably call for more demonstrations and try other tactics to make the country ungovernable. Make sure you know how to deal with that if and when it comes. Some areas of Kenya mainly Luoland and parts of the Coast will upscale their revolt against the government. Have a plan to deal with that.
There is no room for government being outwitted by Raila. Think about how you will deal with what he’s likely to do after the elections, if they go to court you must find a way to make sure the case doesn’t go on or it fails and if it goes ahead and court rules in their favour we must defy, counter violence from NASA strongholds after the elections and if he revives clamour for secession. Uhuru must be sworn in to give him strength to deal with this new guerilla in Kenya.
If it becomes a must, recruit more security forces to be deployed daily to counter guerilla violence.
To Jubilee, Uhuru and Ruto
I thank DP Ruto for talking to CNN to make the record straight. It is always important that Raila is replied to immediately he speaks his lies.
Raila wants elections in 90 days. Find time to tell or have him told that we have done the elections and as far as we are concerned next elections will be in 2022. If he (Raila) wants to resurrect his one bullet he can come back in 2022 but for now he should leave us to continue with our lives.
Establish a response team to counter the following Raila narrative.
i. Those claiming Jubilee regime is oppressive they must be challenged to substantiate what they mean. They must be told what Jubilee government stands for and actions speak for themselves.
ii. That there is injustice in Kenya, Uhuru government has not mistreated any ordinary Kenyan leave alone opposition leaders. The fact that opposition leaders have not been appointed to government jobs does not mean injustice to either their tribes or themselves.
iii. Those killed in the demostrations would not have died had they remained away from them. Raila tells his people to fight the police so that when they are killed he can find reasons to demonize the government. Those who have eyes should see, and those with ears should hear or have heard.
iv. The Police must be told in clear terms that anybody threatening them with injuries or death must face the same consequence. The lives of our Police men and women is equally valuable not only that of defiant, militant, extremist demonstrators who think they can’t die when they dare death.
v. It must be stated and repeated again and again that Raila has succeeded in alienating his Luo tribe from the rest of Kenya. All other tribes are either 100% of substantially partially pro government.
Government must upscale talking to the people and the entire country on radio and TV to rubbish opposition schemes, tell people to rally behind their elected leaders at county and constituency levels, assure and must deploy security to enable Kenyans to go back to their businesses. Without Kalonzo, Mudavadi and Wetangula in government does not mean that their communities can’t continue working on their farms, conducting their businesses and those employed continue working.
If disturbances must keep recurring they must be pushed back and restricted to Luoland or Luos areas for them to destroy themselves. If they burn kiosks they buy from, dispensaries they go to, burn roads they use, they will just be self-annihilating.
Jubilee must step up efforts of dealing with Raila resistance, countering his political narrative. Raila must be vanquished, opposition defeated or at least weakened.
Uhuru, if you are pushed to the wall transform yourself to a military leader, the constitution will be suspended, deal with Raila and destructive opposition politics. Raila and opposition must not get political power through blackmail, holding the country at ransom and violence. We can go back to civilian rule when we have dealt with Raila conclusively.
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