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Opposition leader Raila Odinga has declared that he is ready to die if that's what it takes to get electoral justice in the country.
Speaking at the burial ceremony of the late Kitui West Member of Parliament Francis Nyenze in Kabati, Kitui on Tuesday, a seemingly a fiery Raila maintained that he will be “sworn-in” as president despite warnings that he risks being charged with treason, which is punishable by death.
“If death is the price that we must pay that Kenyans get electoral justice, that there is no more election rigging in future, we are ready to pay that price. We will be sworn in wafanye kile wanataka kufanya (let them do what they want) ,” said Odinga amid cheers from his supporters.
Mr. Odinga insisted that he trounced President Kenyatta in the annulled August 8th presidential election. “We said we won the election and we will be sworn in. We have been warned with treason and death. I want to tell Githu Muigai and his boss. We will be sworn in and die,” declared Odinga.
Attorney General Githu Muigai warned that inauguration of the opposition leader amounts to high treason, adding that persons that will be involved are inviting death.
"The punishment of committing treason is death. The swearing-in of any person not declared by IEBC, and who did not win the election, is unacceptable," Githu said.
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1. Is Uhuru Kenyatta ready to die to protect brookside milk??
2. Is William Ruto ready to die to protect his Sugoi home???
(We know UhuRuto stand for nothing, "ndepelopments"
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Those are questions that we need answers.
Otherwise, I support swearing in of Raila Amolo Odinga as President of Kenya.
Uhuru Kenyatta is Not my President😟😷😞
...I need a President😔😮💇💆💪🙇🙆
Raila Amolo Odinga it is.👌👌🎆🎊🎉The choice of 70% of Kenyans.
Long live Baba Raila.
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Raila you are just ready to cause chaos. You want to be arrested so that your goons can take to the streets, loot, destroy property and start a civil war. What a shame
Baba ataapishwa pende msipende peleka hiyo threats yenyu nyumbani.Haiwahusu na bado mnaji tumbukiza ndani ya mambo ya NASA . Not only are you not invited but we do not give a damn what you think.
Who cares whether you die or not. Most people will be happy that stone throwing demos will end. The earlier you do it the better.
The chief architects of the current constitution,want 2b the real beneficiaries ,through referndums ,we ignored the highcour t of appeal chambers and other legal law lobbies where men of high legal merits can check today's constitutionalism latter,pls parlimentalians,mandate and subject TREASON jurisdiction to MARTIALcourts ,otherwise allsort of impunitiveness seem OK with the highcourt,before the abolishment of the capital punishment.
This deranged suicidal dotard Raila Amolo Odinga may as well be hanged if that is what he want. A dead Raila will save a lot of Kenyans from dying unnecessary
Please mdomo mingi ya nini bwana ., go ahead do it ? Idiot
Ready to die? Go to the top floor of KICC and jump off the building. It will be easier.
Hatuwezi kukubali kufuata sheria za Uingereza katika nchi yetu tukufu ya Kenya. Githu Muigai si Mkenya, ( ni Mkenya kwa rangi hatambuliwi kwa rangi yake ila kwa msimamo wake na vitendo vyake.
Mimi kama Mkenya mzalendo, siwezi kuandika tena hapa kwenye gazeti letu tukufu la Mwakilishi huku nikitumia lugha ya Kiingereza ambayo haidhamini au kuziheshimu lugha zozote za dunia.
Nawaomba watumishi wetu (wanabunge) kutumia lugha ya Kiswahili bungeni au kama sivyo, nawaomba mng'atuke kwa manufaa ya umma. Mtu yeyote anayesahau lugha yake, imani yake au mila zake za asili ni mtumwa! Kenya ina watumwa wengi kupita kiasi.
xaxa imara - tis soo gud 2 c yu hia on mwakilishi - welcam bak nd dont disapia again
in fact mzee jomo Kenyatta and others died for freedom, so RAO is also fighting for justice not Peace some people only know peace but their don't know justice, you can't kill my son and tell me just appreciate that your son is death and move on without given justice or tell me I need peace. As a father I rather die than stay alive watching you alive and threatening me if I close their you will also kill me,do you think I will fear??? no because after all I have nothing left to look for.
You will meet your death Raila if you commit treason.
We will make sure you get what you are looking for. The government is ready to pay you death by hanging so go a head swear your but hole in .
Bwana Raila, you will not be the first person to die fighting for liberty or is it justice. Dedan kimathi, and other freedom fighters did. Akina my grand father were jailed in Kapenguria fighting for independence. If you die this route, you will just be repeating what has been done. Quitting all these threats and joining other Kenyans in nationa building will be more honorable.
This lunatic was at a funeral, there was a dead man in a coffin and he was telling the people he is ready to die? What a morbid nonsense?
Somebody please give an assurance to Raila that he will contest again in 2022 and this madness will come to an end. Even a false assurance will do, just for the sake of peace. BABA PLEASE DON'T KILL YOURSELF.
We Njai, don't burst our bubble ndugu! If the guy is willing to die, then we are obliged to give him a little nudge over the edge! C'mon now, that would be the best Christmas present to those who have been living hostage of this lunatic!
@Imara, Karibu ndugu.. wewe lakini unavishindo. Sasa una boycott Kingereza? Mimi naona si ungwana ndugu kwa vile hiyo elimu wazazi wako gave you....jamani! Tena usisahao huo ni ubaguzi wa namna kwa vile kuna wale can't read Swahili. Sasa tuki boycott everything, what next? NASA boycotted everything including their swearing in day, 12th of Dec. Huo ni unafik ndugu...
Dada Sukari, Asante sana.Mimi kama mzalendo, ningependa kuona Wakenya wote wakishirikiana pamoja kama ilivyokuwa kabla ndugu zetu wa kutoka Uingereza kuondoka Kenya. Siku hizo, sisi sote tulipendana kama watoto wa baba na mama mmoja. Lugha tuliyotumia kushirikiana pamoja, ilikuwa Kiswahii. Kiingereza ni lugha iliyo na kiburi, wizi, ujambazi, uroho, na pia chuki. Mfano, tazama umoja ulio katika nchi ya Tanzania unaotokana na utumiaji wa Kiswahili!
Kama kila Mkenya angejitolea mhanga na kupambana na uovu popote ulipo bila kujali anayefanya uovu huo, bila shaka tutaifufua tena nchi yetu na kuirudisha tena heshima katika nchi yetu tunayoipenda na sote tutakuwa tayari kuilinda.
Ndugu @imara, huoni kama tukitumia kiswihili tutawatenga wenzetu kutoka Nyanza ambao wapenda sana kutumia Quin's Engliss?
Imara, nakuunga mkono nusu, lakini nakupinga nusu. Naomba unisikie: Bahari ilianza na tone la maji. Kwa hio, namaanisha upendo huanza na binafsi, kisha unaeneza kwa jirani, etc, etc... dunia imebadilika and to compete in today's world lazima sisi pia tubadilike in order to fit in. I have said it before and will repeat, kutengana kumeletwa na hawa leaders. Wape kisoogo and stick to your values, and you shall be fine. Once again, karibu back and don't take things so seriously. Now, what else is new? Siku kuu wachinja kuku ama mbuzi? Nakutakia mema na furaha tupu!
Dada @Sukari na Kaka @Njai. Nimesoma kwa makini maoni yenu na kusema kweli mmnetoa mawaidha mazuri sana.
Juzi nilikutana na Wanacongo kwenye duka moja linalouza chakula kutoka Kenya. Watu hawa ni wazaliwa wa kutoka mji wa Kinshasa na walikuwa wakisema Kiswahili sanifu. Niliwaambia ya kwamba najua Wacongo kutoka mashariki husema Kiswahili lakini sikujua kuwa Kiswahili kimefika mji wa Kinshasa. Walinikumbusha ya kwamba kiongozi wao hajui Kifaransa na yeye husema Kiswahili. Kuna Wasomali wengi waliozaliwa Kenya kabla ya kuhamia nchi ya Marekani nao husema Kiswahili vilevile. Ndugu Yoweri Museveni tayari ameshaanzisha madarasa ya kufundisha Kiswahili katika shule za Uganda. Ndugu Paul Kagame wa Rwanda naye pia ni fundi wa lugha ya Kiswahili.
Ningependa tujitahidi kukuza Kiswahili na kukifanya lugha yetu ya mawasiliano Afrika ya Mashariki na Kati kama Kiarabu kilivyo Kaskazini ya bara la Afrika.
@Njai ulisema ya kwamba ndugu zetu wa kutoka Nyanza watatengwa iwapo tutatumia Kiswahili. Si kweli Ndugu, kwenye mtihani wa Kiswahili wa darasa la nane, Waluo hufanya mtihani huo vizuri kuishinda shule zote za Kenya hata kupita wanafunzi kutoka sehemu za pwani ya Kenya.
Ningependa kuona mwaka huu ukiwa "mwaka wa kushirikiana kimawazo" na kuendelea kulijenga taifa letu la Kenya kama watoto wa baba na mama mmoja.
Dada Sukari, na mimi pia nakutakia mema na furaha tupu!
Kaka Imara. Thanks for your detailed reply. Put in perspective, nimekuelewa utokapo. Intention yako is good, lakini ukichunguza historia ya wa Congo and Waganda ata Rwanda, you will see they all have a common trait - chuki na inferiority complex. I have a friend from Congo whose husband shocked me when he said their late president did not allow western dressing ati kwa vile ni imports za west. Leo hii, the same guy cannot do up his tie as he never learnt. This hate is so deep for him that despite his three degrees (so he claims), he has ended up being a bus driver as he cannot get along with anyone. As a Kenyan, one thing I know we have is resilient and that is why our neighbors are trying to imitate us. Shame our values are waning.
Dada Sukari, tuufanye mwaka huu mwaka wa ushirikiano mwema na pia mawasiliano mema. Kila la heri.
a@sukari naomba nikupinge kidogo. Hii tabia yetu kuiga wengine kama nyani haifai. Kwa mfano angalia hizi nywele badia wamama mnazovaa siku hizi ili muonene kama wazungu ilhali zinafanya mkae kama sanamu. Tena mwavaa nguo zingine zinawabana na hamjui huko uzunguni zinavaliwa kama mavazi ya ndani, yaani underwiya. Watoto twapenda kuwapa majina hata hatujui maana yake, ati Clinton, Brian, Angy na kadhalika. Kweli sisi bure kabisa!
@Njai, LOL! l love a good debate so usiombe to differ, that's how we grow. Well... when you add that kind of spin to the debate, then undoubtedly you win, hands down! Having said that, I opt to be eclectic in my approach to development. That is, I weigh carefully what suits me/my community before I own it. Being literate has benefited me without a doubt. The fashion culture you describe...mhh, I won't deny I have not donned a rag on my head from time to time, so guilty as charged! As for wearing underwear in public... haiya! I haven't gone that far yet but can't promise won't do so as mental health affects without discrimination (get my drift? would have to be mad). As in calling our kids majina ya ajabu, I agree completely. Lakini that goes deeper in our history, i.e being colonised, goes full circle to what Imara was aluding to. For me, I say if you can't do away with them, join them, and beat them at their own game. We are here, because they were once there (Africa), so tuchukue kilicho ibiwa then, literally and better ourselves and our children! By doing so, we will have the last laugh eventually and colonize them in turn - one day, as dreamed by Martin Luther King.
@Njai. Kaka, umewika vizuri sana. Nakuunga sana mkono kwa yote uliyoyaandika kwenye Mwakilishi.
Dada Sukari, si sisi peke yetu tuliotawaliwa na Waingereza. Waingereza waliwatawala watu wa nchi ya India yapata karibu miaka mia tatu (300). Wahindi wangali wakiabudu dini ya mababu zao, wangali na majina yao ya asili na pia wangali wakisema lugha zao bila kuona aibu yoyote. Tusiwe wepesi kupigwa msasa na pia kuiga mambo ya watu wengine. Tusiwe kama yule mnyama anayebadilisha badilisha rangi ya ngozi yake popote aendapo. Mnyama huyo anaitwa KINYONGA.
Tusipojiheshimu, hakuna mtu yeyote atakayetuheshimu. Tusipojivua majina ya mababu zetu, hakuna yeyote atakayetuheshimu. Tusipojivua imani ya mababu zetu, hakuna atakayetupa heshima. Hebu tazama Ndugu zetu wa asili ya Afrika wanaokaa Marekani, wameiga mambo yote ya asili ya Yuropa na wangali wakibaguliwa na ndugu zetu wa kutoka Yuropa!
Ndugu zangu Wakikuyu (wachache) wamerudia dini ya mababu zao kwa kusali huku wakitazama mlima wa Kenya. Nawaheshimu sana. Yafaa Wakenya wengine wote wafuate msimamo huu mzuri kutoka kwa Ndugu zetu Wagikuyu.
Ndiyo sababu Dada Sukari nilisema ya kwamba, tusione haya kusema na pia kuandika kwa Kiswahili. Pia tusione haya au aibu kusema lugha zetu za kiasili.
Mimi namwamini MWUMBAJI hata kuliko viongozi wa makanisa, misikiti na madhehebu yote. Kaka Njai alisema ukweli kabisa kuhusu "mambo ya nywele bandia." Kama unataka kuvaa nywele bandia kwa nini usivae nywele bandia zinazofanana na nywele za Kiafrika?
MWUMBAJi hakufanya makosa alipomwumba Mwafrika na nywele zake na rangi yake. Kwa hiyo, tusimtukana MWUMBAJI tunapokataa kila kitu chochote kinachotokana na Afrika.
Sasa nyinyi dume wawili naona mumeungana sana! Yote mnanena ni ya kweli re: kuiga mila za west. That's why I said Njai has won hands down. For me however, I need to blend (without sacrificing my African values) in order to survive. To change our collective attitude, it needs to be preached from the homes, schools and up. That's what the Indians, etc do, but that kind of rebelliousness sometimes creates resentment and demonisation of other cultures, and I guess that is where terrorism/mungiki was borne from. With that in mind, I need to be eclectic and inclusive, never to forget my roots and heritage. Those are values passed to me by my parents and ones I would wish my children to follow suit. Period.
Hehehehe everybody will die it’s a matter of WHEN.Raila ur disgusted stinking old squirrel.Please do u know how many pple pray that we wake up one day n we find u dead?Even the dead will arise to celebrate then they go back to their deaths.U have killed thousands giving them to your gods of witchcraft so please save the military who will crash u into oats n hang yourself in the toilet or drink rat poison.45m Kenyans r more important that u grandpa