NASA leader Raila Odinga in a 'resist' cap. [Photo|pulselive.co ke]

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NASA leader Raila Odinga plans to shift the fight against President Uhuru Kenyatta’s 'illegitimate' re-election to the United Nations.

The formal appeal will be written to UN secretary general Antonio Guterres and Moussa Faki’s Addis Ababa-based African Union.

Close allies of the Nasa leader have disclosed that NASA was working on a petition to challenge Uhuru’s legitimacy at the New York-based global agency, reports the Star.

"We will be telling the UN that no election was held on October 26. It was a charade. The UN must, therefore, be briefed on the repercussions of Uhuru’s swearing-in without being validly elected as President of the Republic of Kenya," Homa Bay MP Peter Kaluma told the publication on Tuesday.

Raila is said to have met South Africa’s Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa and South African politician Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu during his visit to Zanzibar. Details of their meetings are scant.

Those said to be in the team crafting the petition include the head of NASA technical team David Ndii, former Foreign Affairs Assistant Minister Richard Onyonka (Kitutu Chache South), former EALA MP Abubakar Zein, Suna East’s Junet Mohamed and Kisumu Governor Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o.

This would be Raila’s second attempt to have the UN intervene in Kenya’s affairs after an initial appeal three months ago was turned down.

After the botched August 8 presidential poll, the UN declined Raila’s request to review the election results, which he claimed were rigged in favour of Uhuru.

Guterres had urged political leaders to take election-related disputes to 'the relevant constitutionally mandated institutions'.