In a fresh tirade against opposition leader Raila Odinga, President Uhuru Kenyatta has alleged that he [Raila] is working with foreign entities to scheme for a coalition government.
Speaking during a Jubilee rally in Mombasa on Sunday, Uhuru said Raila has been in talks with some “wazungu”.
He however, did not name them.
The President asserted that even before the Supreme Court gave its ruling on the August 8 polls, Raila was in contact with the foreign entities.
Uhuru’s pronouncement comes in the wake of Raila’s planned travel to the US and UK.
The former Prime Minister is scheduled to address a string of high profile engagement both in the US and the UK.
His spokesperson Dennis Onyango confirmed to the Star that the NASA Presidential candidate will indeed be leaving the country for the UK.
Raila is scheduled to give a lecture at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, commonly known as Chatham House in London.
In the US, he will engage with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Council for Foreign Relations, a number of senior officials at the United Nations and State Department as well as the National Security Council.
Uhuru said Raila’s plan was to watch Jubilee disagree with Supreme Court ruling and create chaos.
Then, said the President according to the Star, the pan was to have the wazungus working with Raila brought on board to lead mediation talks.
“People would have been murdered and international pressure for a truce would have piled.
He wanted blood to be shed and then return to his ‘wazungus’ to force a coalition government,” charged the President.
Uhuru went on to explain Raila used the same tactic in 2007 when he forced retired President Mwai Kibaki into a coalition government by rejecting results which sparked violence.
Over 1, 300 people lost their lives while scores of others were left homeless.
Mediation talks were thereafter steered by former UN Secretary General Koffi Anan.
“The Constitution does not allow boardroom talks to decide who the president will be… All powers are vested in the people of Kenya, they are the ones to decide,” said the President.
However, Raila had in the past dismissed the assertion that he was gunning for a coalition government.
“Sisi hatutaki nusu mkate, tunataka boflo yote,” (We don’t want a half bread, we want the whole loaf of bread), Raila stated.