Professor Makau Mutua on Sunday revealed that President Uhuru Kenyatta's worst mistake during the electioneering period was to allow the October 26th repeat presidential election to happen.
In his weekly column at the Standard, Prof Mutua noted that 'President Kenyatta gambled, lost big and will never recover'.
"He gambled and lost big. He made an epic blunder from which he won’t recover no matter what he does from here. His tenure at the top of the state and his legacy have been irredeemably shattered. I don’t know who thinks for, and advises, Mr Kenyatta," Mutua stated.
The Law scholar further noted that the President-elect had lost legitimacy to govern the country adding that the Head of State and his Deputy William Ruto wrongfully diagnosed Opposition Leader Raila Odinga.
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"Mr Kenyatta misdiagnosed his opponent. No doctor can successfully treat an illness if he doesn’t know what ails the patient. Mr Kenyatta and his underlings especially William Ruto have wrongly identified NASA’s Raila Odinga as their enemy.
"To them, Mr Odinga isn’t even an opponent. He’s Public Enemy Number One. Their congenital obsession with the man from Bondo has created the fog of war and robbed them of any strategic ability. They see apparitions of Mr Odinga everywhere they turn. Mr Odinga has psyched them out," he stated.
Prof Mutua also took a swipe at DP stating that Mr Ruto was "angry, loud and unable to answer simple questions and form clear sentences in English during an interview with CNN".
"I was embarrassed a Kenyan leader could be so discombobulated before a worldwide viewership. I guess the reason for Mr Ruto’s bizarre performance is that Jubilee doesn’t have a good story to tell.
"The CNN reporter exposed the illegitimacy of Mr Ruto’s outlandish assertions about voter turnout. He couldn’t make a case for the legitimacy of the election," the Prof explained.
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IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati was not left out of the attack with the Prof claiming that "Chebukati had exceeded all historic expectations for cowardice and incompetence".
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"The numbers that he announced on turnout and votes stretch credulity. He announced one thing and then came back and announced another. He’s clearly a puppet with many puppeteers. He doesn’t know whether he’s coming or going. Kenyans have concluded that his numbers are fake," Mutua explained.
The Prof concluded by maintaining that the October 26th repeat poll cannot be considered as a legitimate poll and as such the President-elect and his Jubilee team cannot force themselves to Kenyans.
"The Jubilee regime will not be legitimate under the October 26 elections. Nor can it rule Kenyans with an iron fist. That won’t work. The October election was null and void as the Supreme Court should rule soon. Kenya needs credible electoral reforms and a fresh election within 90 days," he submitted.
