NASA deputy leader Kalonzo Musyoka in a past event. He has urged supporters to remain calm and peaceful ahead of their Tuesday swearing-in. (Photo/kenyatoday.co.ke)
NASA deputy leader Kalonzo Musyoka has urged supporters and Kenyans to remain calm and peaceful ahead of their swearing in tomorrow at Uhuru Park.
Speaking to journalists on Monday outside the Machakos Law courts when he attended the final submissions hearing in a petition filed by Wavinya Ndeti against Governor Alfred Mutua’s re-election, Kalonzo assured supporters that their swearing-in on Tuesday is on.
The Wiper Party boss asked supporters not to be provoked by the police who he claimed are being used by the Jubilee top leaders to undermine their electoral reforms agenda.
The former Vice President said that their oath will be administered at Uhuru Park, rubbishing police threats and claims that the venue is closed to the public.
He said that police have no power to stop Kenyans from accessing Uhuru Park to witness their president and deputy take oath.
“Our swearing in tomorrow (Tuesday) is on and we urge our supporters and Kenyans to turn up in masses at Uhuru Park,” he said.
Kalonzo accused the police of intimidating their supporters, saying that their plot to stop their oath taking will not succeed.
“We know what they are planning to do on Tuesday and we want to tell them that we are ready for anything,” the Wiper party leader said.
He said that the destiny of the country is with Kenyans stating that Jubilee’s plot to intimidate Kenyans will not work.
A showdown between the police and NASA supporters looms on Tuesday as police maintain that NASA’s swearing-in is illegal and will not be allowed to take place.
On Sunday, Nairobi police boss Japheth Koome said that Uhuru Park is out of bounds stating that no meeting or event will be allowed there.
Koome also warned NASA leaders and supporters to back of the city, saying that they will be met with the full force of the law if they defy police and government orders.
NASA has insisted on swearing in Raila and Kalonzo as the people’s president and deputy respectively even as pressure from local leaders and international community piles on them to drop their plan.