12 Members of Parliament allied to the Jubilee Party have penned a letter to the international community asking the stakeholders involved not to support efforts by National Super Alliance (NASA) leader Raila Odinga to cause a constitutional crisis in the country.
In the letter sent to representatives of the European Union, its member states, Britain, the United Nations, the United States of America, the African Union and African countries, the legislators asked the foreign envoys not to believe that there is going to be a crisis.
They also pleaded with the envoys to reprimand Odinga for trying to subvert the law.
“We respectfully ask you, as our international partners, not to be party to this subversion of Kenya’s constitutional order, at the very least.
“However, we wish you went further and called wrong that which is wrong, by demanding that Raila Odinga stop grandstanding and trying to subvert the law to achieve his own personal and selfish political needs,” the MPs said in the letter.
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The leaders also reiterated that Odinga's withdrawal from the October 26 election was enough proof that he was avoiding an embarrassing loss and wanted to cause instability.
“In withdrawing and then calling for heightened violent mass protests and later travelling to capitals of devolved countries, Raila Odinga seeks to manipulate the international community into pushing Kenya into discussions on extra-constitutional solutions to the problems that he is deliberately creating, to benefit him,” stated the MPs.
According to the Daily Nation, the letter was signed by Peter Kihara (Mathioya), Patrick Munene (Chuka/Igambang’ombe), Purity Ngirici (Kirinyaga Woman Rep), Ngunjiri Wambugu (Nyeri Town), Patrick Mariru (Laikipia West) and Gathoni Wamuchomba (Kiambu Woman Rep).
Others included Ndindi Nyoro (Kiharu), Anthony Kiai (Mukurweini), Didmus Barasa (Kimilili), Faith Gitau (Nyandarua Woman Rep), Gideon Keter (Nominated) and James Mwangi (Tetu).
The lawmakers also raised issue with NASA's “irreducible minimums” for the electoral commission before participating in the election, terming them as 'administrative changes.'
“In making these demands, Raila Odinga does not seek to reform the electoral process in Kenya. What he seeks is to force administrative changes to the management of the IEBC,” they added.
The foreign envoys have in recent weeks asked Jubilee and NASA to drop their hardline stances for the good of the nation as their differences had plunged the country into uncertainty.
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