President Uhuru Kenyatta has said there’s no cause for worry if NASA’s Raila Odinga is elected President.
Speaking in State House on Monday, Uhuru said Jubilee has the numbers in Parliament and Senate to impeach the will-be “President Raila”.
“Hakuna haja ya kuogopa hata akichaguliwa (there is no need to fear even if he is elected). We have the numbers and within three months tutamtoa huko (we will get him out of State House),” said Uhuru as the Star quotes.
“There is nothing to fear…leo hii hata Raila akichaguliwa atatawala Kenya kwa njia gani (if Raila were elected today, how would he rule Kenya)? Jubilee can do business in the Senate without a single member of NASA present…we do not need them,” said Uhuru.
Fresh polls are set to be held on October 17.
Jubilee Party is nine members short of a super majority in Parliament. It has 141 MPs and 26 Women Representatives.
Combined with friendly parties, they total to 193 MPs out of the 349 in Parliament.
Uhuru said that with the majority in Jubilee, “they can even change the Constitution”.
“In the National Assembly, we are only 13 members shy, meaning we can even change the constitution without them. What is he going to do? What can he do?” he posed.
The President said his MPs will still attend his first address in Parliament after election even if NASA MPs boycott.
“They say they will boycott…we dome.wait and see us opening Parliament and starting to pass bills…wakikataa kukuja waache…hata wakiboycott what difference does it make (They can refuse to join us…what difference would their boycott make?)”
Minority Whip Opiyo Wandayi said they will not attend sittings.
“We as members of NASA, and myself for that matter, find it politically untenable to sit in Parliament and listen to a person against whom my party leader is competing,” said Wandayi.
By Pharis Kinyua. He’s an online Journalist and an author for Jamhuri News