Jubilee warns NASA over peoples' assembly

NASA leader Raila Odinga

The government has promised to deal decisively with proponents of the Peoples’ Assembly as Opposition principals prepare to unveil the Western chapter in Kakamega on Sunday.

Just a day after the National Super Alliance (NASA) made public its road-map to the inauguration of Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka as the peoples’ President and Deputy President on January 30, the government has vowed to act decisively on the assemblies.

Jubilee has warned the NASA leadership pushing for dialogue that it cannot be done with pre-determined demands. 

Friday, Jubilee Party Vice Chairman David Murathe dismissed NASA’s plans to activate the Peoples’ Assembly after various county assemblies passed the motion.

“The government is going to get so rough with those people. Let them watch this space. There will be no dialogue. Those are their own hallucinations and we will clamp down on the assemblies because they are illegal,” said Mr Murathe.

“The Constitution allows the people to express themselves directly or through their leaders. So if their leaders form a peoples’ assembly, it means the people are representing themselves directly,” he said.

Murathe warned that the President will not tolerate activities aimed at making the country ungovernable.