Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria has reacted angrily after his Embakasi East counterpart Paul Onjili said former Prime Minister Raila Odinga 'must' become president in 2022.
In a viral tweet on Friday, Onjili, popularly known as Babu Owino, said his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader will be president and asked Kenyans to be ready for a constitutional change to avoid post-election violence.
"We must change the constitution and Raila MUST be the PRESIDENT in 2022. Kenyans must prepare for a Referendum to avoid loss of lives and destruction of properties after elections," Babu posted.
Kuria described Babu's sentiments as threats and noted they could polarise the country further since similar threats, over the next election, were allegedly being issued to some communities in the Rift Valley region.
In a Facebook post on Sunday the vocal politician challenged Raila to come out and denounce the remarks.
"Hon Babu Owino says publicly that we should change the constitution so that Raila Odinga can become President, failure to which there will be bloodshed in 2022. I am still waiting for Raila to contradict his ODM party MP. In the Rift Valley some communities are threatened with fire and brimstone if they do not vote in a certain way in 2022," he posted.
Turning to Kikuyu language, Kuria said his community has been through difficult situations and it won't take intimidation sitting down.
"Othe merwo twari ruui na ti ma ithinga. Na tweremerie nderi to magogo. Mnatisha nani(Let them all be told we were in the river and not to fetch water (which means we are circumcised). We defeated vultures and therefore eagles can harm us. Who are you threatening?)" he added.