Raila to Hold Parallel Event at Uhuru Park during President Uhuru's Inauguration

Raila to Hold Parallel Event at Uhuru Park during President Uhuru's Inauguration

The National Super Alliance (NASA) is set to hold a parallel mega rally at Nairobi's Uhuru Park grounds as President Uhuru Kenyatta's swearing-in ceremony takes place at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani on Tuesday.

In a program released by NASA on Friday, a fundraiser will be held at Laico Legency Hotel on Friday evening to raise cash for victims killed and injured by police last week.

On Saturday, NASA leaders will hold a mini People's Assembly gathering in Machakos County. The leaders will attend church services in Nairobi on Sunday and memorial services at separate venues across the country to mourn police brutality victims on Monday, before holding a mega Rally at Uhuru Park on Tuesday.

This means that opposition leader Raila Odinga has turned down an invitation by President Uhuru to attend his inauguration. On Friday, State House Chief of Staff Joseph Kinyua said Raila and the six presidential candidates in the last election have been invited to the fete.

“The seven other presidential candidates and their running mates in the last presidential election have been invited for the ceremony,” Kinyua told journalists at Kasarani on Friday.

Kinyua further appealed on NASA to abandon the parallel event they are planning to hold.

"As a people who would want us to move together as one, we will plead that it is not necessary to have any other public function that day. We can bring out the issues we want discussed later. We should all work towards a cohesive, united Kenyan society, " said Kinyua.

Comments

Doreen (not verified)     Fri, 11/24/2017 @ 12:34pm

In reply to by Kenya (not verified)

Uhuru will not be able to govern a country where the opposition KNOWS,they have the MAJORITY.

Uhuru can try to kill his way to legitimacy but he will quickly discover Majority always wins.
Always.

They will over throw him.Which they should.

A minority leader cannot rule the Majority that knows they are a Majority.

Doreen (not verified)     Fri, 11/24/2017 @ 12:25pm

I hope NASA sweats Raila in as President.

Most Kenyans will Never recognize Uhuru Kenyatta as their president after what has transpired the past three months.

That's the truth.

May God have mercy on Kenya.

Nani? (not verified)     Fri, 11/24/2017 @ 03:15pm

In reply to by Doreen (not verified)

-No elections on the 26th.
-Caretaker government
-Paybill number.
-1 million March to welcome fake joshua
-People's assembly
-Server was hacked
-Speaking to a joint sitting of congress
-Mother of all demonstrators
-NRM
-Make the country ungovernable
-democracy in Lou nyanza and kibera

Isn't time you quit flogging a dead horse?

Sokora (not verified)     Fri, 11/24/2017 @ 12:48pm

Total nonsense and a useless calculation again by the master of doom and darkness. How many diplomats and heads of states will attend? Simply none.

njai (not verified)     Fri, 11/24/2017 @ 12:51pm

If they can go to uhuru park, swear in their ''president'' peacefuly, go back to Kibra, that's okey. If they go there, swear in their ''president'', rape women, steal mama mboga's cabages, stone vehicles, kill a few of their own so that the police can be blaimed, there's going to be trouble.

Peter xenge (not verified)     Fri, 11/24/2017 @ 03:22pm

We have a problem when people refuse to accept the reality and choose to believe what they want to believe. Saying that Raila commands any majority votes in Kenya is simply not right and he knows it.
It becomes a problem too when some people believe that they can do whatever they feel like because they are in the opposition. Saying that Uhuru is illegitimately elected just because Raila refuses to go to pills is to miss the point. The Supreme Court decided as they also had done earlier on.

Anonymous (not verified)     Fri, 11/24/2017 @ 04:14pm

Raila was invited to your coronation but he has other plans.Wacheni balaa he is free to do as he wishes and is not compelled to attend.You condemned him to the bush why then do you track his every move. Those people in NASA and other parties who wish to join him on Tuesday should be allowed to do so without harassment or being whipped , teargased and even killed .There will only be chaos if those in power create it .

formerlyguest 2 (not verified)     Fri, 11/24/2017 @ 06:27pm

Baba want to take the limelight from the great jubilation tomorrow. I can bet my $100 the goons will come out to destroy, burn tires, cut branches , deface the buildings and give the international media something to cover and report = give Kenyatta coronation a blackout

Omera (not verified)     Fri, 11/24/2017 @ 06:50pm

Muchawi Raila will honor those he represent,THE DEAD.Wachawi wa Zanzibar commanded their evil client,muuaji Raila to start there.I hope Miss Mbote will comfirm it.

Anna Kamau (not verified)     Fri, 11/24/2017 @ 07:30pm

Raila will be joining a long list of Mathare hospital patients who believe they are President of Kenya. As government spokesman Kiraithe said, Raila can announce himself the Pope as long as he does not use public funds in his reign... I wonder why Raila did not go for title of a King since he boycotted elections and can no longer claim he was hacked..

Maxiley (not verified)     Fri, 11/24/2017 @ 09:14pm

He thinks holding an event same day as uhuru's inauguration will take the wind out of Uhuru's sails so to speak.Now ask yourself what would motivate aseemingly normal person do that?Or is he normal?
Somebody on this forum claims to have notices alzheimer simptoms in RAO,could this explain his erratic behavior...? Mare TZ, mara Zanzibar,mara usa,mara uk?now this attempt to interrupt atime honored ceremony.

OneDay@times (not verified)     Fri, 11/24/2017 @ 10:03pm

Is this meeting a swearing-in ceremony, a memorial or a spoil-it gathering that may end up with violence? The purpose and venue keeps metamorphosing by the day. Why spend all these man/women hours chasing after the wind? This political/hero grandstanding and showdown has nothing to do with opposition but every bit of hero worshiping. Rao has been everywhere, tried everything and lost everyone that matters is the political equation; and so GoK need to be cautious and train its eyes on a man who has nothing to lose.

Kumi tena (not verified)     Sat, 11/25/2017 @ 01:49am

1)Fake moses
2) Fake Joshua.
3) Fake Mandela.
4) Fake president.
5) Fake journey to canaan. What next?
Those are symptoms of insanity.

Kumi tena (not verified)     Sat, 11/25/2017 @ 01:51am

1)Fake moses
2) Fake Joshua.
3) Fake Mandela.
4) Fake president.
5) Fake journey to canaan. What next?
Those are symptoms of insanity.

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