Former ODM strategist Ngunjiri Wambugu. He has said that Raila should be held personally responsible for any post-election mayhem that may occur. [Photo: kenya-today.com]
Former ODM Senior Strategist Ngunjiri Wambugu has said that Raila Odinga must be personally held responsible for any political violence that might occur in Kenya during and after the August 8 General election.
Ngujiiri has said that Raila has been leading a political formation that has spent the last four years making political statements laced with ethnic vitriol while also setting the stage for lawlessness.
"We have the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) as the only institution that can announce elections. We have the Judiciary as the only institution that can solve election disputes. Both institutions have the constitutional protection to deliver their mandate. The Supreme Court was set up specifically to determine disputes at presidential election level.
"However Raila has decided that he will not accept IEBC results if they do not agree with the ones from his own private tallying centre, neither will he take an election dispute to the Judiciary. On more than one occasion the statement ‘Kenya will burn’ has been used," Wambugu says in a lengthy Facebook post on his page.
He notes that Raila has positioned himself to be the sole determinant of whether the August elections will be free and fair or not and how any electoral dispute that might arise with his election should be determined.
He calls for Raila to be 'challenged and stopped' before it is too late.
"Kenyans from all walks of life, local and international non-governmental organisations and the international political community at large must tell Raila Odinga that Kenya is a country of laws and that he must align his political ambitions to Kenya’s laws or face prosecution at every level locally and abroad," says R Wambugu.
He adds: "At fundamental level Raila Odinga must also be held personally responsible for any death, loss or destruction that may occur in Kenya this year from political violence. If the Director of Public Prosecution cannot initiate such a case against him Kenyans must unite to privately prosecute him."