ODM Parliamentary Candidates dismiss calls to Probe Raila on hate speech allegation.

 Hate Speech allegation: A section of ODM Parliamentary and MCAs candidates in Kisumu County led by Nyando ODM Parliamentary candidate Jared Okello address the press in Kisumu today where they have dismissed calls by some Jubilee party leaders wanting Raila probed over hate speech remarks allegation in Kajiado recently.Photo By Dickson Odhiambo.

By Dickson Odhiambo.

 June 20, 2017

A NUMBER of Orange Democratic Movement {ODM} Party Parliamentary candidates in the seven constituencies of Kisumu County have vehemently dismissed calls by a section of Jubilee Party leaders wanting Nasa Presidential flag bearer Raila Odinga probed over alleged incitement to Maasai Community recently.

Led by Jared Okello and Nicholas Oricho of Nyando and Kisumu East ODM Party Parliamentary candidates respectively, the candidates say they take particular exception to what they have termed as careless and diversionary statement by some jubilee leaders linking Nasa Presidential candidate Raila Odinga to allegations of hate speech and incitement in Kajiado area recently.

Addressing the press at Kisumu Hotel on Tuesday, the ODM Parliamentary candidates say the Nasa Flag bearer only offered a free piece of advice to the Maasai community on the need to preserve their land for their children and grandchildren and avoid the allure of cheap money in exchange for this most important commodity.

They say every Kenyan understood the Nasa Flag bearer’s statement and has taken it as a piece of advice.

They have now dismissed the call by some of the Jubilee party leaders to the National Cohesion and Integration Commission’s Chairman Francis Ole Kaparo to institute investigations on Raila’s sentiment.

“Suffice to say that NCIC is a constitutional and independent body that must operate devoid of interference and any encumbrances whatsoever.Of course Kenyans are inherently uneasy with persons or offices that owe their allegiance and jobs to any political interest of any authority,”they say.

They say the land issues with related injustices suffered since time immemorial are clearly captured in the Ndung’u Land report as well as Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission {TJRC}, claiming that these reports are kept by the current government under the wraps and will not make them public.

They claim that the Jubilee Party has ran out of policies to sell to the ever increasing enlightened electorates hence have resorted to propaganda which have been met with rejection across many parts of the country.

“Recently they tried to bring back the ICC agenda but it quickly hit back the wall and their defense over the issue of sky rocketing of essential items, lack of basic flour for Ugali, roughshod corruption nand myriads ill lacks conviction hence the ground is fast sinking beneath them,” they adds.

They say Odinga has the greatest potential to unite the country and heal wounds that have threatened the grand march to national greatness.

“It is beyond dispute that Odinga is widely seen as the candidate least likely to break our delicate regional and national fabric which is in desperate need of restoration,” they further say.

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