Raila hits at Jubilee over TV switch off

Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (Cord) leader Raila Odinga has accused the Jubilee administration of abetting impunity by switching off three local television stations.

The three TV stations were switched off on Saturday afternoon by the Communication Authority of Kenya (CA) that said it is effecting digital migration deadlines.

The former Prime Minister accused the Government of failing to take into consideration the many Kenyans who cannot afford the cost of pay TV and wants the stations given time to import their boxes.

“This is executive impunity. But we know the darkest hour comes before dawn. Kenyans are in darkness and do not know what is happening in the country. These is the kind of impunity that Cord is fighting against,” said Raila.

Speaking during the launch of a book written by his late father Jaromogi Odinga titled ‘Two Months in India’, the Cord leader said that there is need to expand the scope of bilateral trade and cooperation between Kenya and India.

He described his late father as a one who negotiated for the African child to be educated in order to help the African economy.

“Jaramogi loved education for his people. He negotiated for Kenyans to go and study in India. The likes of Dr Josephat Karanja who later became the vice president and Odongo Omamo, all studied abroad courtesy of the negotiations,” he said.

‘Two Months in India’ is a book written by the doyen of opposition politics, the late Jaramogi Oginga Odinga in 1953, when he received an invitation from the Indian Prime Minister. It details the two months he spent in India.

Raila maintained that the relationship between Kenya and India dates back to the pre-colonial era.