Raila Odinga during a past demo. [Photo/ Daily Post]
NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga’s secret plan appears to be disrupting the election process in his strongholds to create a constitutional crisis. The law requires that elections must be held within 60 days from the time the Supreme Court nullified President Uhuru Kenyatta’s win in August. IEBC has set October 26 as the date for the repeat polls, but Raila insists that elections will not be held unless his list of impossible demands to meet, which he has called “irreducible minimums”, has been fully met. Only IEBC has the mandate to call for an election. If the ODM leader declines to take part, President Kenyatta will easily be re-elected. In interpreting the situation, political scientist Mutahi Ngunyi says the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the president’s victory, even though his huge number of votes were unchallenged during the petition hearing, was the first coup in a long series of more to come. The analyst has urged the Jubilee leader to be fully in charge. Raila is keen to ensure that elections are not held within the stipulated time, after which he intends to call for the formation of a caretaker government. But Attorney General Githu Muigai has clarified that President Kenyatta will continue to be in charge until the next president, elected through the ballot, is sworn in. Now, the second coup is Raila’s plan to unlawfully eject senior IEBC officials from office. He has called on his supporters to go to the commissions' headquarters on Tuesday, and forcefully remove CEO Ezra Chiloba and other officers that the opposition does not want. This planning of violence against officials that the court did not find guilty of any wrongdoing will likely create chaos in the city, cause injuries on people, destroy property and bring the busy CBD to a standstill. Kenyans must stand up to this type of outdated leaders, who only thrive by creating instabilities and anarchy. Raila’s brand of politics has been overtaken by events. The people are tired of this prolonged electioneering period. They want to elect their leader once and for all, and move on with their lives.