[Sam Ongeri (left) with Raila Odinga in a past event. He now wants Raila to drop the hard line and embrace dialogue. Photo/Nation]

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Raila Odinga's radical stand on proposed dialogue with Jubilee administration has yet again suffered a blow with more leaders from his NASA coalition calling for moderation.

Reports indicated that Odinga was on Sunday prevailed upon by NASA principals to drop his planned swearing-in that was scheduled on Tuesday.

And Kisii Senator Sam Ongeri now wants the ODM leader to engage Uhuru Kenyatta in dialogue for the same of the posterity in the country.

"Kenya belongs to all of us and it is time we embrace dialogue. This is the only way we can restore our virtues," he said.

Ongeri, who was elected on ODM added: "We may want things to go our way but circumstances can at time not favour us. It is time to unite Kenyans."

Similar calls have been made by Turkana Governor Josphat Nanok and his Kakamega counterpart Wycliffe Oparanya who have chosen a moderate stand in addressing crisis.

A defiant Odinga still insists he will go on with swearing plans despite calls from Western diplomats to engage government in dialogue.