Nasa leader Raila Odinga at a rally in Kawangware, Nairobi, on September 24, 2017. Raila withdrew from the presidential race on Tuesday. [Photo: Nairobi News]NASA's new strategy is to block elections in as many as 22 constituencies, thus nullifying any election and pushing for secession.Should NASA fail to sabotage the poll in 22 constituencies, the Star reports, it will push for secession.An opposition team is said to be fine-tuning a proposed secession petition aimed at splitting Kenya into Jubilee and NASA-controlled regions.Homa Bay town MP Peter Kaluma has written to the IEBC seeking a referendum to create two countries, the Democratic Republic of Kenya and the Central Kenya Republic.The opposition proposes that IEBC allows Kenyans to conduct a simultaneous election for President and self-determination on October 26, when the repeat poll will take place."This would give those who otherwise would not vote in the fresh elections, absent necessary reforms, something to vote on.This would also help mitigate incidental public expenditure.""This, it is hoped, will remedy with finality the exclusion of tribalism, inequities, corruption, impunity and general bad governance the vast majority of Kenyans are being subjected to by the ruling Jubilee alliance," reads Kaluma's letter to IEBC dated October 2, as quoted by the Star.Kaluma wants the Constitution amended to redefine Kenya's territory to allow creation of two nations.The IEBC is required to examine Kaluma's letter and its grounds, then give directions on whether the petitioner could draft questions and collect signatures. The Constitution says a referendum petition must have one million signatures from registered voters, notes the Star.The regions targeted to form a new state are mostly from the counties won by Raila in the General Election. These include Western Kenya, Nyanza, Coast, and Ukambani.

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