Nasa co-principals Raila Odinga and Musalia Mudavadi address the media at Capitol Hill Square in Nairobi on June 20, 2017. Raila has dragged the military into election rigging claims [Photo: nation.co.ke]
Nasa presidential candidate Raila Odinga has dragged the military and police into an alleged government plot to rig the August 8 elections.
Odinga claims the Kenya Defence Forces, National Police Service, regional coordinators and county commanders have been mobilised and are being trained at Nairobi’s Embakasi Barracks to help tilt elections outcome in favour of Jubilee Party.
But should Raila be taken seriously in as far as these allegations are concerned? Not at all.
The opposition leader has turned to a 'cry-baby'ahead of the August 8 elections making Nasa look like it is not ready for elections. Political analyst Herman Manyora on Sunday during an interview on Citizen TV warned that Nasa risks being branded 'weak' if they continue raising invalid points every now and then.
"Nasa should remember we are in a political contest where every side wants to win. Expecting a level playing ground in a political contest is foolhardy," he said.
Jubilee has also dismissed the opposition accusing Nasa leaders of engaging in “unnecessary noise” over elections to scare Kenyans from turning out on August 8.
"I hear them claim we want to rig. I want them to be ready, as everyone else is, for elections on August 8.
"They always complain. They complained about (IEBC) commissioners. They complained of BVR. They complained of ballot papers. Now they are complaining the military is helping us to rig," DP William Ruto told a rally organised by his Jubilee Party at Tassia Grounds.
Of course, one does not expect Jubilee to admit it even if such allegations were true, but Nasa's so many 'point of order' can only be viewed as disruptive.
More and more of such allegations by Nasa are expected to come up as the D-day nears and it might be hard to distinguish truth from lies, propaganda from objective information and so on.