NASA leader Raila Odinga has explained why he went ballistic on twitter and fiercely attacked President Uhuru Kenyatta in a series of tweets.
In an interview with Citizen TV, Odinga indicated that Kenyatta had crossed the red line and was now personalising attacks against him in a manner that he termed as “hitting below the belt”.
The former Prime Minister was speaking in reference to the President's recent tour of Central Kenya where Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto condemned him and even asked him to retire from politics vowing to be providing "porridge" for him at his Bondo home.
“It's unfortunate that their responses have been too personalised. Some of them I would say hitting below the belt…. the extent that I think that a contempt card is the best response rather than trying to dignify it,” Odinga stated.
He added: “There is what you call in politics hitting below the line… Somebody hits you where you're not supposed to be touched… so you use your contempt card and you can respond to them through the social media because that’s where there also hitting at you.”
The Opposition Leader further claimed that Kenyatta was creating “Raila Phobia” in Central Kenya to fire up the residents against him.
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Odinga and Kenyatta have in the recent days been engaging in verbal attacks with the Head of State claiming that Odinga had been poking holes on Jubilee projects to derail the development agenda.
Here are some of Odinga's tweets:
"Raila, Raila, Raila." The President and DP should move on from this tired line of using negative, scare tactics as campaign tools. pic.twitter.com/yKg1MVTdXw
— Raila Odinga (@RailaOdinga) November 30, 2016
2. Where was Raila when Kabura was taking gunia's of taxpayers money to imaginary quarrys in the dark?
— Raila Odinga (@RailaOdinga) November 30, 2016
3. Where was Raila when the Auditor General's report said that ONE BILLION dollars meant for the Kenyan people never made it to Kenya?
— Raila Odinga (@RailaOdinga) November 30, 2016
4. Where was Raila when the Presidents relatives were robbing dying Kenyans through skewed tenders at the ministry of health?
— Raila Odinga (@RailaOdinga) November 30, 2016
5. Where was Raila when the DP teargassed protesting children for defending their stolen school land?
— Raila Odinga (@RailaOdinga) November 30, 2016
6. The president of a republic CANNOT run a negative campaign forever. He must man up and show Kenyans the positive things he has delivered.
— Raila Odinga (@RailaOdinga) November 30, 2016
7. He says I don't point out the good things he has done, I think because he is also having a hard time identifying said projects.
— Raila Odinga (@RailaOdinga) November 30, 2016
8. Instead of Raila Raila Raila, the President should show Kenyans, something, ANYTHING his government has done besides spectacular theft.
— Raila Odinga (@RailaOdinga) November 30, 2016
