Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka on Sunday, March 31, issued an ultimatum to President William Ruto and Raila Odinga to issue a statement on the suspension of the implementation of the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) report.
Speaking in Diani, Kwale County, Kalonzo remarked that he was suspicious that the suspension was politically motivated.
According to Kalonzo, should President Ruto and Azimio Leader Raila Odinga not speak on the issue, he would deduce there was an internal sabotage towards the implementation of the NADCO report.
“It is the responsibility of those who nominated the NADCO committee, Raila Odinga and Ruto, to come out and give direction. Otherwise, we will see they took advantage of us should they not do that,” he stated.
Kalonzo had co-chaired the NADCO committee together with National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah.
Flanked by former Defence Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa who was also a member of NADCO, Kalonzo remarked that even during the deliberations of the report, the Azimio side was aware of a scheme to sabotage it.
He explained that during the committee’s sittings, the Azimio wing had received intelligence reports that someone would be sent to the courts to oppose what they had agreed on.
It is because of this, that Kalonzo held the belief that a court ruling issued on Friday, March 29, suspending the implementation of the report was State-sponsored.
“There's a scheme already (to sabotage the report), and we do not know if it has been finalised but even if it has been finalised, we want them to know we know,” he stated.
“Someone was propped to go to Kiambu Law Courts to stop its implementation while the report is a property of the Parliament.”
Kalonzo alleged that Kenya Kwanza was sabotaging the report so as to solely appoint the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) selection panel.
“If they go with that route, we will know they want to rig elections before they are conducted,” he lamented.
