Jubilee leaders have asked Cord leader Raila Odinga to clear his name concerning the alleged extortion of a foreign investor in Siaya.
Jubilee Secretariat boss Raphael Tuju accused Raila and his family after they were adversely mentioned in a statement by Dominion Farms owner Calvin Burgess.
“Nyanza has been lagging behind due to such behavior. It is time Raila opened up to Kenyans and explained his position. His silence should end tomorrow when he comes back to the city after campaigns,” he said.
Tuju said that as an opposition leader, Raila needed to lead the fight on corruption as it was a responsibility of all Kenyans.
Tuju asked Raila to offer an explanation instead of "using his family members to deflect attention to Jubilee".
“When Ruth Odinga, the [Kisumu Deputy Governor and sister to the former Prime Minister, is accused of not paying for rice in a business arrangement gone wrong...we recognise the sensational value of that statement but we would not like to be involved in the matter simply because it is a private business arrangement," he said.
"Madam Ruth Oding, like all Kenyans has a right to engage in legitimate business," he added.
He said that should Siaya be perceived as a region hostile to foreign investment, the region would lag behind in development because investors would shy away.
"It will have negative impacts Kisumu and the greater Luo Nyanza, and those to suffer the consequences are the millions of unemployed youth,” he said at JP's headquarters in Nairobi on Sunday.
PHOTO: Cord leader Raila Odinga. SOURCE