A file photo of NASA leader Raila Odinga. Courtesy: [The Star]
Opposition chief Raila Odinga has refuted claims by President Uhuru Kenyatta that he is to blame for tough economic times in the country.
In a statement on Sunday, the former Prime Minister challenged Uhuru to take full responsibility of the current economic situation, asserting that the Head of State is to blame.
Raila noted that Uhuru's move to rig the August polls leading to the nullification of the presidential elections had further deepened the crisis.
“Kenya is where it is because the President and his Jubilee party tried to steal elections and were caught and stopped, thus putting the country on a path we have never travelled since independence in 1963,” he remarked.
“In the days that followed, the President and Jubilee Party have deepened the crisis by pursuing a path whose result has produced nothing but economic collapse everywhere it has been taken,” he added.
Earlier, Uhuru had shouldered the blame on Raila, accusing the NASA leader of sabotaging the country's economy.