[Deputy President William Ruto at a past rally. He has accused Raila Odinga of plotting a coup or chaos to disrupt the October 17 polls.] (Photo/Star)
NASA coalition leader Raila Odinga has been accused of plotting to disrupt the October 17 polls.
According to Deputy President William Ruto, Odinga was either plotting a coup or chaos to disrupt the October 17 presidential elections, adding that NASA was not in any way ready for the polls.
This comes as the opposition coalition maintained its stance that they will not go to the polls unless their demands are made.
Speaking on Sunday during a campaign rally at the Maji Mazuri grounds in Nairobi’s Kasarani area the deputy held on that despite the calls by the opposition, the polls will go on as planned.
“When they say there will be no election, it can only mean that there will be a coup or chaos because the only way to stop the repeat poll is to cause chaos. “Who are you to stop the election? People must vote next month to elect their president. I want to make it categorical that there will be an election next month,” said Ruto.
He further instinctively took a swipe at Odinga for ‘planning a coup and causing chaos in the past’.
“This country has history; we know people who have plotted for coup in the past. But we want to tell them that nobody is above the law, even the President,” added Ruto.
“It is them who went to the Supreme Court but now they want to tell us that they are not ready for the election. We are not fools; you cannot tell us that you want the repeat but at the same time tell us that you don’t want some commissioners, the firm that printed ballot papers, and the one that supplied technology,” charged Ruto.