Nasa leader Raila Odinga addressing the media at Okoa Kenya offices in Nairobi. [PHOTO/nation.co.ke]
It has emerged that internal divisions and pressure from the international community was what compelled the National Super Alliance (NASA) to seek legal intervention from the Supreme Court after losing to Jubilee in the presidential election.
According to Nation, coalition leader Raila Odinga, Siaya senator-elect James Orengo and outgoing Machakos senator Johnson Muthama stood for mass protests.
“The three insisted that the Supreme Court legitimised a dirty election in 2013 and they saw nothing different this time round,” said the publication.
However, co-principals Kalonzo Musyoka, Musalia Mudavadi, Isaac Ruto, Moses Wetang’ula and the technical team opposed protest demos on the streets.
The rebellion became open when Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana publicly rejected the idea of street demos and warned Musyoka against taking part in it.
“Initially, we were opposed to the legal process but our confidence levels rose when we came face to face with the glaring mess in the forms,” the source said.
It has also emerged that foreign states also put pressure on the opposition to go to court.
“There were several direct and indirect meetings with the ambassadors of the UK, the US and the European Union,” the source said.