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Endless blame game over military role in poll will take us nowhere

NASA's press conference on Friday felt like the beginning of a terrible Nollywood film. For two reasons. First, like the West African productions, the plot was impossibly thick but at the same time painfully predictable.

Secondly, despite being an exposé, uncovering earth shattering revelations, it was, at the same time confusing- leaving the audience with more questions than answers. Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka alleged, amongst other things, that KDF have formulated a plan to rig the election and have enlisted the support of loyal officers by tribe and those considered 'regime friendly'. They further alleged that a cohort of officers were undergoing training on amongst other things how to cut off power and water.

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