Raila: I now have a formula to deal with election rigging
Cord leader Raila Odinga on Monday began campaigns to mobilize his supporters to come out and register as voters warning that the stakes are higher in the 2017 presidential vote than never before.
And giving hope to his supporters who maybe feeling disenfranchised by claims of vote rigging in previous presidential polls, Mr Odinga said he now has a formula to deal with election theft and told his supporters to play their part and leave the rest to him.
Mr Odinga’s vote drive tours that began in Nairobi slums will continue to the rest of his strongholds-the move is aimed at ensuring about five million people in areas perceived to be Cord strongholds achieve higher voter registration.
“In the past two elections they rigged. But let me tell you now I have a formula on how to deal with them if they attempt the bad old tactic in this elections-my people go out and register then later turn out in large numbers to vote-just leave the rest to me,” he said.
Mr Odinga said that the newly elected Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo and his Nigerian counterpart President Muhammadu Buhari both suffered miserable losses after polls were rigged against them by their opponents three times before they finally won.
“Our chances of winning this elections are wide open. You must do one thing: just register, register, register and register,” Mr Odinga said at the Kibera DO’s office where the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission was registering voters.
He was accompanied by Nairobi Governor Dr Evans Kidero in a day-long campaign drive that covered several highly populated city slums that included Mathare, Kawangware, Dandora, Kayole and Langata, among others.
