Opposition's NASA coalition leader Raila Odinga receives Bible from a supporter during Machakos People's Assembly convention, January 19, 2018. [Photo|Nasa coalition]Opposition's NASA coalition has changed tact and changed the venue for the swearing-in of its leaders Raila Odinga and his Deputy Kalonzo Musyoka as president and deputy president respectively.“When we chose Uhuru Park, we knew the Jubilee leadership would thwart our mission by ensuring the venue is cordoned off by police," a NASA lawmaker said.The coalition had chosen Uhuru Park in Nairobi for the January 30 controversial event."We have chosen a different location that will be known during or after the event,” the lawmaker, who did not want to be named, disclosed to the Daily Nation.On Sunday, the County Government of Nairobi disclosed that NASA had not booked the Uhuru Oark venue and that the Nairobi Business Community had applied to use the grounds on January 30.This had made supporters think the swearing was in limbo.
Government spokesperson Erick Kiraithe during a television interview on Monday morning, warned Nasa against ceremony, saying police would do their work and that the law would take its course.
However, Odinga and his NASA brigade vowed that the swearing-in would go on as planned regardless of the venue.