NASA Raila Amolo Odinga and President Uhuru Kenyatta at a past function (Photo/courtesy)It is in order to acknowledge the fact the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) did its best to ensure that Kenyans elected their leaders on 8th August.
National Super Alliance (NASA) Presidential candidate, Raila Amolo Odinga has a right to complain about election malpractices but there are chances that he lost the polls.
To start with, NASA did not field candidates for the governorship in 13 counties. This means that there was no governor candidate selling the policies of the opposition in these counties. Jubilee stood a better chance of garnering more votes in these areas compared to NASA.
In regions where NASA Presented candidates, there was endless infighting. The candidates kept on speaking a different language. For instance, in Mombasa Joho and Omar kept on exchanging bitter words during oppositions campaigns. Voters who care about unity are likely to have thought twice when it came to voting for NASA. The same case was witnessed in Kakamega where the incumbent governor Wycliffe Oparanya locked horns with Senator Bonny Khalwale.
The contest between the two leaders might have hurt NASA presidency. The current standing of Members of Parliament aligned to NASA and Jubilee clearly shows that the ruling party has more influence in the nation compared to the opposition.