Raila Odinga has vowed to name persons he alleges took bribes and manipulated August election results against the voters will. [Photo/Citizen TV]NASA Presidential candidate has castigated DP William Ruto for his Sunday chide against the opposition leader’s incessant calls for reforms at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
Reiterating that NASA had has "concrete evidence" to implicate Safran OT Morpho in the stealing of the August elections, Mr Odinga dared to prove to DP Ruto the audacity of his claims.
In Swahili, the NASA leader said; "Ruto anapeana vitisho akiuliza sisi ni kina nani… Yeye atajua sisi ni akina nani. Lazima aheshimu uamuzi ya wakenya...Kenya si Ruto, Kenya si Uhuru which loosely translates to (Ruto issued threats yesterday asking who we are...he will know who we are...he must respect Kenyans' decision. Kenya is not Ruto...Kenya is not Uhuru (the head of state).”
On Sunday, Mr Ruto scorned the NASA presidential candidate for his unrelenting attacks on the IEBC.
Soon after Mr Odinga announced NASA’s plans to sensitize electorates across the country on their anti-IEBC calls, DP Ruto stated on his Twitter page that the commission’s officials are shielded from coercion by constitutional provisions.
Mr Ruto said; “Every Kenyan, those at IEBC included have the protection of the Constitution. Nobody, however mighty, should threaten them in any way or form.”
The DP branded Mr Odinga as a man who cannot win an election but instead resorted to intimidating Kenyans with “threats of violence, chaos, bloodshed and anarchy”.
He tweeted: "For how long will one man, unable to win elections, continue to blackmail 45m Kenyans using threats of violence, chaos, bloodshed and anarchy?"
Even as the opposition affirmed their calls to have IEBC CEO Ezra Chiloba and other 11 officials vacate office, the DP said IEBC had the constitutional privilege of preparing overseeing the repeat presidential elections in October.
But Mr Odinga has affirmed that their anti-IEBC crusade was informed by the evidence in their possession implicating senior IEBC officials, Jubilee allies and the French IT firm, Safran-OT Morpho.
"We have enough evidence of the bribes that were received by the companies. We have information linking local telecom firms to Safran …how they stole our votes," Odinga said on Monday.
He stated that the named individuals not only messed up and stole elections but also received bribes. Mr Odinga vowed to expose the identities of the individuals and pursues their prosecution.