President Uhuru Kenyatta during a past address. Photo/the-star.co.ke
A Member of Parliament allied to the opposition NASA has revealed what he will do during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s address to the National Assembly and the Senate.
ODM secretary for political affairs Opiyo Wandayo has said that he will boycott the sitting in order to campaign for NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga.
NASA MPs have resolved not to attend the sitting because Uhuru has not been validly elected.
"How would I sit in the House and legitimise a speech by someone with whom my own party leader is competing for votes in an election that's a month away?" Wandayi asked.
"Clearly, I am unable to reconcile my mind and conscience to such a spectacle."
In a statement on Monday, Wandayi asked what Uhuru will be outlining yet the Opposition was working towards sending him home in the fresh vote.
"The environment is highly poisoned. Uhuru has just launched an unprecedented attack on Judiciary. These same judges would be in attendance at the opening of Parliament," he said.
"The requirement for the President to address the opening of every newly elected Parliament is superfluous," he said, blaming gaps in the Constitution,” he said.
President Uhuru while speaking on Monday, dared NASA MPs to skip the session stating that Jubilee had majority numbers to conduct house business.