A past NASA confrontation with police. [Photo|Courtesy]
A showdown looms between opposition's NASA coalition and the police officers on Tuesday.
This is after the coalition insisted that it will go ahead with its planned memorial service to mourn victims of alleged police brutality, who were killed during NASA leader Raila Odinga's welcoming from the US.
NASA issued a notification letter to the Nairobi County Government over the plan.
NASA, through E. Sifuna and Associates Advocates wrote to the Officer Commanding Police Station in the city notifying the police that the coalition would hold a memorial service for its killed supporters.On the same day, Nairobi police commandant Japheth Koome had warned that the event was illegal since police had not been notified.
He has since maintained that there will be no event at the Jacaranda grounds, as scheduled by Nasa, a warning that has been dismissed by ODM chairman John Mbadi, Sunday.
Koome said NASA's intentions aim to counter the swearing-in of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy. Uhuru will be sworn-in to kick-start his second term after the controversial fresh presidential election on October 26.NASA boycotted the election which recorded a poor turnout.
Mbadi said the coalition would go ahead and conduct the event as scheduled since the police had been notified.
The National Super Alliance has since called on Kenyans to ignore President Kenyatta's swearing-in ceremony.
"...to urge Kenyans to ignore the despotic coronation of Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday 28 November 2017 and instead join us in person at Jacaranda Grounds Nairobi, or in spirit, to mourn the lives of our dearly departed men, women and children who have paid the highest price for exercising their basic constitutionally guaranteed right of political dissent through peaceful protest," said a statement read by Musalia Mudavadi.Below is the letter that NASA sent to the police.