Raila oath: Nairobi Business Community locks Nasa out of Uhuru Park
A church and a group posing as the Nairobi business community have applied to use the city’s Uhuru Park on January 30 — the grounds where the National Super Alliance plans to swear-in opposition leader Raila Odinga as the people’s president.
An official of the Nairobi County said they have received two applications for the venue on January 30, the date of Mr Odinga’s swearing in.
He said the church and the business community are required to pay for the requisite fee on Monday ahead of their meeting.
“We have received requests from the Nairobi business community and a church and we expect the payment to be done on Monday,” said the source.
FREE MEDICAL CAMP
Mr Wilfred Kamau, the chairman of the Nairobi Business Community, said they have been given the go-ahead by the Nairobi County Government to hold a free medical camp at Uhuru Park on January 30.
The camp is targeted at street boys who wish to get circumcised and they will not be charged for the minor surgery, he said.
“We have written to the county government and we are actually supposed to pay Sh250,000 for the venue tomorrow, January 22. Nasa will have to get another ground if they have an event the same day. We are using Uhuru Park that day” said Mr Kamau on the telephone.
Mr Odinga on Sunday said Nasa will hold other rallies in Suswa in Narok, Migori and Kisii before the oath ceremony.
The former PM welcomed his installation as a Kaya elder, saying the spear he was given symbolised leadership.
NO ELECTIONS
Mr Odinga said they will ensure no elections are held in 2022 unless the dispute over last year’s polls and electoral injustice is resolved.
“There will be no elections in 2022 if 2017 issue will not have been resolved,” said Mr Odinga.
“Attorney General Githu Muigai said that the swearing in is treason, others said I will be killed, hanged for life or get life imprisonment. But I want them to know our people have been killed by the government and another life lost is nothing. I am ready to be sworn in whether they like it or not,” Mr Odinga said.