The National Super Alliance (NASA) will host its finally rally at the historic Uhuru Park grounds in Nairobi.
With the IEBC announcing August 6 as the final day of the campaigns, NASA moved fast to ensure they secure the grounds and paint the city in white, orange and green colours on the particular day.
They beat President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party (JP) to the grounds, which has seen battles in last minute efforts to lock rivals out of key grounds in a political cat and mouse game between party officials and county licensing officers in the past.
“Kindly be informed that Uhuru Park has been booked and paid for use in the last week of July and first weekend of August respectively by NASA,” read part of the communication as reported by a local daily.
President Kenyatta’s Jubilee Party will on the same day host their rally at the Nyayo Stadium, just about a kilometre away from Uhuru Park.
This will be seen as a reverse of the 2013 general election, where President Kenyatta’s team beat Odinga’s to the much coveted Uhuru Park, with the then Cord forced to settle for Nyayo.
Saturday, Jubilee Party Vice Chairman David Murathe confirmed the choice of venue saying they settled for Nyayo after NASA won the race for Uhuru Park.
“Our choice was either Uhuru Park or Nyayo Stadium. Given that our opponents have already taken Uhuru Park, then we shall be at Nyayo Stadium. We are not in contest with anybody over venues because people do not vote for venues. We will reach our people from anywhere,” he said.
With less than 15 days to the D-day, both camps have been moving across the country in search of votes, as they both aim to win the contest in the first round.