Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) leader Raila Odinga has dared President Uhuru Kenyatta to arrest and jail him over allegations of inciting Kenyans to violence.
Speaking at Maili Tatu grounds in Meru County, Odinga stated that he had been jailed before, therefore, President Kenyatta should not threaten him.
“I have been in jail for nine years while Uhuru was born and raised in State House. He cannot threaten me with jail term,” he declared.
The CORD leader was responding after President Kenyatta on Wednesday vowed that any leader endangering the country's peace would be arrested.
Speaking in Embu and in an apparent reference to Opposition leader Raila Odinga, President Kenyatta warned that his government would deal with anyone planning chaos before, during or after the August 8 General Election.
The Head of State went ahead to term Odinga a "tribalist who does not love peace", rubbishing the Opposition's claims that there was a plan to rig the upcoming polls.
The threats were castigated by a section of Opposition MPs who warned Kenyatta against intimidating the former Prime Minister.
The lawmakers said the President should differentiate between the orders he can issue as the Head of State and the political statements he makes as Jubilee Party’s leader and presidential candidate.
