NASA should rethink plan to swear in Raila as 'president'

The National Super Alliance (NASA) is determined to go ahead with the swearing-in of Raila Odinga as the 'people's president' on December 12. This is in defiance to calls by the international community and local voices fearful of what direction the country could take following such a deed. Needless to say, NASA’s move is fraught with great peril, the most worrying of which is the probable, yet needless, loss of lives, as has been witnessed in the past during the alliance's protests.

US president Donald Trump’s message to NASA to avoid extra-constitutional actions like the proposed inauguration ceremony on December 12 should not be dismissed out of hand, even as NASA accuses the international community of abandoning Kenyans in their hour of need. There are many lawful ways of addressing electoral injustices that inform NASA’s disillusionment with the electoral process.