National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga has made a u-turn decision on the October 26 repeat election issuing a new demand.
Mr Odinga has now asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to withdraw the proposed amendments to election laws as a pre-condition for his participation in the repeat polls.
Speaking on Friday, the Opposition leader condemned the two proposed Bills – Elections Act (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Election Offences (Amendment) Bill 2017 – terming them as "retrogressive".
He further compared the move by the Jubilee party to changing the rules of the game at halftime.
"We don't want someone who changes the rules in the middle of the game. There is no need to change the goalposts when the Supreme Court has already implicated the IEBC," the NASA leader stated.
In addition, Raila has dismissed claims that he is power hungry by organising the anti-IEBC protests. Instead, he has asserted that he is fighting for democracy.
"I won the elections in 2007 and in 2013 but compromised for the sake of the country. Even when Kreigler came in 2007, he opined that he was not coming to ask whether I won or not. I am not someone who is power hungry," the former Prime Minister stated.
