Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, claimed that individuals in the government are raising money through unscrupulous means to pay back foreign powers who supported President William Ruto's State House bid.
In a statement dated October 25, Raila alleged that the money was sourced from drought mitigation measures rolled out by the government.
Raila - who initially claimed that foreign powers opposed his candidature - opined that Kenyans grappling with drought and hunger would be the most affected by the scheme.
"They will be making a killing to pay back their foreign backers and align with those corporations for the future," he stated.
However, he did not name the individuals and foreign countries benefitting from the scheme.
Further, the former premier, who is currently in India, stated that Ruto was already campaigning for his 2027 presidential bid rather than addressing the drought situation in the country.
He termed the interventions laid out by the government as political survival tactics. Raila called for more serious interventions to address the disaster that has affected more than 20 counties.
"The required emergency response is evidently missing, but instead, the government is consumed by the politics of survival and the elections of 2027.
"This situation requires a massive emergency response programme to ensure rapid delivery of food, water and medicine to the millions of people not just in arid and semi-arid areas but in virtually all corners of the country, who are affected by the prolonged drought,” he stated.
Nonetheless, the ODM boss demanded an explanation from the government over its decision to reintroduce Genetically Modified Organisms crops (GMOs) which he stated were a health hazard to the country.
He demanded to know the government's rationale behind lifting the ban that was imposed by the late president, Mwai Kibaki.
"GMOs are banned in many scientifically advanced economies like France, Germany, Austria, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg. Bulgaria, Poland, Denmark, Malta, Slovenia, Italy, and Croatia. Why Kenya?
"We believe that introducing them into Kenya in the current state of international uncertainty is to use Kenyans as guinea pigs, which we shall not allow. Even the poor and the hungry ought to have their rights and dignity protected," Raila stated.
