NASA presidential candidate alongside co-principal Musalia Mudavadi. [Photo: Nasa coalition]
The National Super Alliance (Nasa) presidential candidate Raila Odinga has taken a swipe at the Jubilee government, over the controversial ballot papers tender to Dubai-based Al Ghurair Print and Publishing Company Limited.
Nasa says the awarding of the tender, was influenced by President Uhuru Kenyatta, in collusion with some technical staff at the IEBC.The alliance said they established that the firm's CEO Aziz Al Ghurair, was an intimate friend of the Kenyatta family and a frequent guest at the home of Muhoho Kenyatta, President Kenyatta's younger brother. However, Jubilee governmnet dismissed the claims, accusing Raila of playing witch hunt, after the tender was denied a firm he had preffered.
According to the National Assembly Majority Leader Aden Duale and Jubilee Party Secretary Raphael Tuju, Raila wanted IEBC to award the tender to Paarl Media, a division of South Africa's Novus Holdings.
Raila has since responded to the claims.
"They have been making allegations about a company in South Africa. I've just heard about the company about from one Mr Duale, that I have been fronting with that company. I am not that cheap to be involved in tenders involving ballot papers. I will never stand that low," said Raila, Monday.
Addressing the press at Capitol Hill Offices alongside Nasa co-principal Musalia Mudavadi, Raila said Jubilee was diverting attention from their links to the Dubai firm, so as Kenyans can forget matters raised by Nasa.
"We are not fronting for another company. We have evidence that this company (Al Ghurair) even played host to the president in Dubai. That is not a secret. And they went to State House also, and you saw the pictures," he said.