President Uhuru Kenyatta. [Photo/PSCU]
President Uhuru Kenyatta has now linked a petition filed by activist Okiya Omtatah to NASA leader Raila Odinga.According to Uhuru, Raila is using the activist in order to illegally seek a power-sharing deal.Uhuru made allegations through his response to Omtatah's presidential election petition filed at the Supreme Court.He argues that Raila and NASA are hiding behind the activist for fear of embarrassment after pulling out of the October 26 repeat presidential election.He said they pulled out in order to force a coalition government. “The real purpose of this suit is to force the first interested party (Uhuru) to enter into negotiations with NASA with a view to sharing power,” the President’s lawyer Fred Ngatia said. “His case is an improper attempt to advance NASA’s political agenda, which is against the people’s rights to a democratic system of governance. He came to court to help NASA avoid criticism after sponsoring violence that made it impossible to conduct elections in four counties,” he added. Uhuru and IEBC want the Supreme Court to throw out the case stating that the October 26 election was valid.Mr. Omtatah wants the election declared invalid, arguing IEBC committed illegalities by including Raila in the ballot despite withdrawing from the race.