Uasin Gishu leaders have maintained that they will not allow the Opposition to hold rallies in the area claiming that it could fuel ethnic hatred among the residents.
Speaking separately, Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago and some Members of Parliament said that CORD, lacked a proper agenda for their rallies.
Mr Mandago asserted that they would only allow the Opposition to hold rallies if they provided substantial reasons for the same.
“Such plans would only serve to disrupt the peace being enjoyed by our people, who are now healing the wounds of the post-election clashes,” said Mr Mandago.
Elsewhere, addressing faithful at the AIC Sugoi Church in Uasin Gishu, Kapseret MP Oscar Sudi, and his Turbo counterpart, Mr Elisha Busienei, said they would also not allow any Opposition rallies.
Mr Sudi told Mr Odinga to take his rallies to Nyanza region where he alleged that political bickering might not affect the people adding that Uasin Gishu was inhabited by various communities that were living peacefully and didn’t need anyone to stir up negative ethnicity.
“The county had healed after the 2007 animosities. Let Mr Odinga take his crusades to his home,” said Mr Sudi. The MP also said that Mr Raila should be jailed if he defied a directive issued by the state against mass action.
At the same time, the two leaders lashed out at Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter, accusing him of being funded by CORD to derail the government’s development strategies.
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