Raila Pushing for 'Nusu Mkate' Government, President Uhuru Says

Raila Pushing for 'Nusu Mkate' Government, President Uhuru Says

President Uhuru Kenyatta has hit out at opposition leader Raila Odinga accusing him of courting the international community to help him negotiate for a coalition government.

Speaking on a campaign stop in Murang'a County on Saturday, the Head of State said there is no crisis in the country, adding that mediators are not welcome in Kenya.

"We are not interested in mediation or being put together. Kofi Annan is not present in Kenya. He (Raila) should fly back to the country to mobilise voters," he said.

He further blasted Raila for portraying Kenya as a failed state in his recent tour to London after his to negotiate for a shared government fell apart.

"We told you before that he never wanted an election and he still does not want one, that's why he is busy claiming that the country is at war," he said.

The former Prime Minister delivered a speech at Chatham House, London on Friday, where he decried the dwindling democracy in Africa.

Uhuru also condemned anti-electoral commission demos called by Nasa, saying that the destruction of property witnessed during the protests were uncalled for.

"His work [has] been to call for demonstrations, inciting his supporters to attack police officers and steal from other Kenyans," he said.

"We have been pleading with Kenyans to vote for us; but our counterpart, since the court delivered its ruling, his work has been to call for press conferences and demonstrations."

On his part, Deputy President William Ruto said that Kenyans will elect their President and there is no room for shared government.

"Let Raila Odinga know that there will be no power sharing negotiations in this country.

"The Constitution that was unanimously passed by the electorate in 2010 dictates that it is them who determine who will lead the country," Mr Ruto said.

He added that the repeat election must be held on October 26th as scheduled, whether Raila participates or not.

Comments

Doreen (not verified)     Sat, 10/14/2017 @ 07:09pm

In reply to by MaragA (not verified)

He is not in Bondo.He is in London.
London is not in Kenya. It is in the Great Britain.
Did I not see Jubilee supporters protesting in London telling him to go back to Kenya.
Why are Jubilee supporters confused like this?
You don't read news?

MaragA (not verified)     Sun, 10/15/2017 @ 12:07am

In reply to by Doreen (not verified)

London? So what. He still needs to exit quietly. He said he is not participating. Why then do you care then what jubilee or aukot supporters do? You should be sitting quietly at some corner waiting for 2022.

Guest1 (not verified)     Sat, 10/14/2017 @ 06:22pm

The Star: "IEBC now says KIEMS gadgets will not be reconfigured to accommodate new presidential candidates owing to significant time constraints to successfully deploy the same.

In an Internal Memo on Saturday, Chiloba said the commission had resolved this following the revision of results transmission workflow.

Well! Well!! Well!!!

sokora (not verified)     Sat, 10/14/2017 @ 06:57pm

Raila is a thief, a traitor, and a coup plotter and is going to bed with the wrong people. Same as in 2007, he has promised huge contracts in oil and our other resources to foreign interests. George Soros, it is understood is one of his main funding source. Kenyans will not accept your theatrics. Those in NASA must understand that Raila intended to mortgage your country to our former colonizers. We will and we shall not allow it to happen.

Wangeci ismyname (not verified)     Sun, 10/15/2017 @ 11:31am

In reply to by Guest1 (not verified)

@ Guest 1 were you high on something? Anyway when you wake up after getting laid and wasted Id hope being on a Sunday you will put your moral "christian" cap on and don't forget your thinking cap today. You forgot it all day long yesterday and did damage to self respect.Niwaigwa uguo my dear?

onkoba (not verified)     Sun, 10/15/2017 @ 05:04am

Ati... the opposition want interventionists , where we have had interventionists and there are many cases around the world , you get only two solutions, chaos and failed states plagued by war and addition to that blood shed of innocent. Jubilee just agreed to the nullification of results and allowed for a repeat of an election as stated in the constitution .The opposition wished there would be chaos after the nullification but the Jubilee party bowed out peaceful. A new election date was set as per the laws of Kenya and the opposition are smelling defeat and are changing their tactics . We must respect the law and ourselves and I believe me we have the capacity to solve our own problems without any outside help.Also we have very intelligent and wise people in Kenya who have Kenyan people in mind and will work very hard dissolve disputes . The source of the world friction is this same interventionist because they are all acting on THEIR SELF INTERESTS.

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