Mavoko MP Patrick Makau in a past event. He has urged NASA supporters to remain calm following the postponement of Rail's swearing-in. (Photo/nation.co.ke)
Mavoko MP Patrick Makau has defended NASA leader Raila Odinga's move to postponed his planned Tuesday swearing-in.Makau argues that there was no way, legally, Raila will have been sworn-in in absence of his deputy Kalonzo Musyoka who is in Germany.Kalonzo flew to Germany early October to attend to his ailing wife who is receiving specialized treatment.Speaking to locals in Mlolongo on Monday, Makau urged NASA supporters to remain calm and peaceful, assuring them that NASA has not been compromised to abandon the swearing-in."We know our supporters believe in rule of law and are now disappointed but we want to tell them that our course and quest for reforms is unstoppable," he said.Makau said that Raila and Kalonzo will be sworn-in once the Wiper leader jets back to the country anytime.He dismissed claims that NASA is after a share of president Uhuru Kenyatta's government.On Sunday, NASA postponed Raila's much-publicised swearing into a later date.In a brief media address, NASA principal Musalia Mudavadi said that the swearing in was postponed since Raila's deputy Kalonzo Musyoka is still in Germany.He explained that Raila could not take oath in absence of his deputy, adding that Kalonzo's party had requested for the coronation to be postponed.Raila has maintained that he does not recognize president Kenyatta's government.The former Prime Minister insists that he won the August 8 presidential election and that he will be sworn in by the people's assembly.Foreign envoys and the clergy had been piling pressure on Raila to abandon the swearing in that the government had termed treasonous.