President Uhuru Kenyatta with NASA's Raila Odinga. Photo/the-star.co.ke
National Super Alliance (NASA) presidential candidate, Raila Odinga has now resolved to attend the presidential debate.
Raila has agreed to face with Jubilee’s Uhuru Kenyatta in the debate that will be aired on July24 after being postponed from July 10.
His decision comes just a few hours after the High Court sitting in Mombasa quashed presidential contestant Abduba Dida’s request to be incorporated in a debate.
Originally, the debate was to pit Raila against Uhuru, who are deemed the leading contenders in the presidential race.
“NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga welcomes the ruling this morning by the High Court allowing Debate Media Ltd and the Presidential Debate Secretariat to proceed with their proposed debate plans. This allows all presidential candidates the opportunity to present their ideas to Kenyans and the worlds,” said Odinga’s adviser Salim Lone in a statement to newsrooms.
“At the same time, the two main contenders for the presidency will be accorded more time to speak to the country on their records and vision. Mr Odinga is looking forward to this one-on-one debate with relish, and he urges the President to accept this opportunity to debate him on multiple national crises now facing Kenya.”
President Kenyatta had on said he would not take part in the debate, , saying that his office had not been consulted by the debate organizers.