NASA leader Raila Odinga and President Kenyatta [Photo/nation.co.ke]
National Super alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga has been asked not to give up on the plans to take oath as the Peoples’ President.
Speaking in Ofafa Hall in Kisumu, the Luo Council of Elders led by Chairman Willis Otondi on Friday, December 22 asked their community to be on the lookout for selfish individuals who they accused of posing as leaders.
The elders said they will continue to work with Mr. Odinga as the leader who is recognized by a majority of their people.
Mr. Otondi asked the community not to abandon Raila claiming that most of the things that Kenyans enjoy are as a result of the struggles put by Mr. Odinga and his father the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga.
The chairman said that the elders would meet with Raila Odinga and direct him on the way forward.
“As a human being, he also has his failures and we are going to candidly talk to him to ensure that everyone is brought on board,” he said.The elders then went ahead to rebuke a section of leaders from the region who support Uhuru’s presidency.
A section of elders, led by Mr. Nyandiko Ongadi had earlier called upon the community to support Uhuru.“Kenyatta is the president of everybody in Kenya. I call on him to consider the Luo, like other communities, in the distribution of jobs and national resources,” Nyandiko said on December 18.