Pastoralists herding their cattle. [Photo: Courtesy]The National Super Alliance (Nasa) presidential candidate Raila Odinga says he is not sorry for what he said during a tour of Kajiado, last week, Thursday.It is alleged Raila incited the Maasai in Kajiado not to sale land to 'newcomers', claims that the Opposition leader has disputed.He has has defended himself, saying he asked them not to sale land cheaply, to wealthy people who want to exploit their resources, and leave them poor.Nasa rivals, Jubilee, led by President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on prosecution of Raila, saying he incited the people of Kajiado, and that he was treading on a line similar to what led to the Post Election Violence in 2007/2008.However, Raila has clarified, he continues to ask those who are registered as proprietors to stop selling land that they hold in trust. "This is what we were urging in Kajiado. We told the proprietors that they must put the interests of the young Maasai people first because it is for them that they hold the land. When proper laws are in place, then there will be a proper frame work for commercial transactions in community lands. That is what the new constitution intended and that is what Nasa is promising to achieve," he said, Monday.Raila indicated Jubilee was sensationalising the comments made in Kajiado firstly "because they have messed up the land chapters of the constitution and secondly because scaremongering is the only campaign tool they are left with."He warned that Nasa would not allow the key pillars of the Constitution, namely devolution and land, to be compromised or eroded "just because Jubilee does not want to face the reality of its legacy of failure and betrayal."
"We all know that Jubilee does not want to hear anything to do with the TJRC report. Yet without a full implementation of the TJRC report and strict adherence to the Constitution, we shall never, ever come close to addressing the land question," he said in a statement."