NASA leadership led by Raila Odinga address a rally at Kibra, Nairobi, August 13, 2017. [Photo|ODM]NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga has accused sections of the media, of isolating his supporters.Accompanied by Siaya Senator James Orengo, they accused the Nation Media Group (NMG), of failing to cover alleged police brutality that was being meted to their supporters in Kibra, and sections of Nairobi and Kisumu Counties.Violence erupted in Kibra, Mathare, Kawangware, Kariobangi, Babadogo, Dandora in Nairobi County, and in Kondele, Kiboswa, Nyamasaria, Nyalenda and Manyatta areas in Kisumu, Friday night, when Uhuru Kenyatta was declared president elect in the August 8, polls, by the IEBC.The said areas are dominated by Raila supporters, who were aggrieved when he was not declared winner, prompting them to take to streets. Nasa claims Uhuru stole their win.According to Raila, NMG's Nation Television (NTV) did not cover the incidents, giving the police ample time to allegedly kill and injure supporters who were on streets, expressing their anger.He asked the supporters to boycott NTV and its sister Daily Nation newspaper, as a way of expressing their anger.The duo made the statement, during a rally at Kamukunji Grounds in Kibra, Sunday.Raila further accused the government of deliberately killing his supporters, using trained police, claims the government dismissed.
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