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THE STANDARD By
Vincent Kejitan |
February 2nd 2021 at 14:30:37 GMT +0300
Raila Odinga [Denish Ochieng, Standard]
ODM party leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday said Kenyans have to decide whether they want elections or civil wars every five years.
Speaking during a meeting with ODM MCAs at Cooperative University, Odinga called for a more sober approach during the election period to avoid loss of lives and resources.
“Elections must cease being civil wars. BBI seeks to usher in an electoral system where every vote is counted and every vote counts.
“This country comes to a standstill and loses billions…jobs and lives every election year due to violence. The trumpets of war are being sounded and it is easy to tell how it will end,” he said.
THE STANDARD By
Erick Abuga |
February 1st 2021 at 19:12:55 GMT +0300
ODM leader Raila Odinga addresses his supporters in Kisii town on February 2, 2021. [Erick Abuga, Standard]
ODM leader Raila Odinga received a heroic reception in Kisii town on Monday afternoon moments after he attended a burial as he campaigned for the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) referendum.
Raila further told Deputy President William Ruto allies not to associate him with the Jubilee Party’s failures.
Raila was in Kisii to attend the burial of Abel Gongera; father to Kisii Deputy Governor Joash Maangi.
The former Prime Minister who arrived at Tendere Primary School shortly after midday in the company of Kisii Governor James Ongwae was received with jubilation and chants from the crowd.
THE STANDARD
Deputy President William Ruto with ODM leader Raila Odinga during the burial of Mzee Abel Gongera, father to Kisii County Joash Maangi at the Tendere Secondary School grounds, Gucha, Kisii County. [DPPS, Standard]
MPs allied to Deputy President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga exchanged blows at a burial attended by the two leaders.
Yesterday, Ruto and Raila who were sharing a podium for the first time this year during the burial of Abel Gongera, the father to Kisii Deputy Governor Joash Maangi, watched as their allies exchanged blows.
Tempers flared over succession politics, the Building Bridges Initiative and fight against graft.