Showdown Looms as Nairobi Business Community Beats NASA to Raila's Swearing-in Venue

Showdown Looms as Nairobi Business Community Beats NASA to Raila's Swearing-in Venue

A fresh showdown looms between National Super Alliance (Nasa) and the controversial Nairobi Business Community over Uhuru Park grounds, which both groups plan to use on January 30th.

While Nasa has announced it will hold the swearing-in of its leader Raila Odinga as the people's president at the venue on the aforementioned date, the Nairobi Business Community said it has already booked the park for its free medical camp on the same day.

Further, a church group is also said to have have applied for permit to use the venue on the same date.

An official at City Hall said the business community and the church will pay a requisite fee for the park on Monday. “We have received requests from the Nairobi Business Community and a church and we expect the payment to be done on Monday,” the official told the Nation.

Confirming they had booked the venue, Nairobi Business Community chairperson Wiflred Kamau said they will hold a free medical camp at Uhuru Park, where street boys who wish to get circumcised will be given the service.

“We have written to the county government and we are actually supposed to pay Sh250,000 for the venue tomorrow, January 22,” said Kamau. “NASA will have to get another ground if they have an event the same day. We are using Uhuru Park that day,” he said as quoted by Nairobi News.

This could re-ignite the bad blood between the two groups as witnessed during last year's election, where their members clashed over political differences.

Speaking in Mombasa on Sunday during a people's assembly forum, opposition leader Raila maintained he will take oath despite warnings by the state.

“Attorney General Githu Muigai said that the swearing-in is treason, others said I will be killed, hanged for life or get life imprisonment. But I want to let them know our people have been killed by the government and another life lost is nothing. I am ready to be sworn in whether they like it or not... There will be no election in 2022 if 2017 issue will not have been resolved,” maintained the NASA leader.

Comments

Mkenya halisi (not verified)     Mon, 01/22/2018 @ 08:57am

Hehehehe circumcision day for street boys???I can see who will b cut that day tooo.I pledge 30 new sharp nives to the Nairobi bizness community to b used to cut those ikondes hanging ndio hizo visiki vikae Sawa sawa ziache kunuka kila saa.I cannot wait for the swearing day for ihiiii!

Sokora (not verified)     Mon, 01/22/2018 @ 09:02am

Raila, you cannot be hanged for life; only a short time and you are dead. For the medical camp, Nairobi Business community ought to invite NASA for circumcision. That might bring sanity to their heads.

muthokoi (not verified)     Mon, 01/22/2018 @ 10:42am

Hapa naona kutakuwa na kinyanganyiro. Ati free circumcision? Nasa afathali mtumie Jakaranda grounds assuming Moses kuria will not send his trucks loaded with human waste there.

Anonymous (not verified)     Mon, 01/22/2018 @ 03:53pm

A mere conincidence that the said venue for the swearing in ceremony is now a hot commodity. Why is circumcision being done in a stadium instead of at the hospital by goons masquerading as health or is it wana biashara.All the makings of an exconvict governor.Baba just proceed to Mombasa where Joho will not mind to host you.Those of us who cannot be there will Watch on TV .This Jubi govt will look for any excuse to cause chaos and they cannot wait to maime and kill more people.

Sukari (not verified)     Mon, 01/22/2018 @ 03:54pm

Goodness! It's turning messy! Business community is throwing shade effortlessly. Read between the lines...ati a free medical service to circumcise street boys?! I take that as an invitation/threat to the NASARITES who are largely un....... (jijazie) pure shade.

Hon Kenjuu (not verified)     Mon, 01/22/2018 @ 05:19pm

Hapo ni kweli Raila. Having another person's father, mother, son, or daughter killed for being crazy and foolishl enough to follow a sore looser like you is absolutely nothing to evil murderer of 1982 and 2007. As far as there being no election in 2022 if your childish irreducible minimum demands are not met, keep on daydreaming and being delusional. That's exactly what the clown said about October 26 repeat election ..... and we all know what happened -- the real president was re-elected and thereafter inaugurated while fake Joshua is still clowning around and promising his fools manna which he can't deliver.

Kibe Mugumia (not verified)     Tue, 01/23/2018 @ 12:25am

This is a message to Rt Hon Raila which should not be taken as a treat but a request:

Mr. If loosing a life is nothing, bring your son and daughter to Uhuru Park on 30-01-2018 to swear you in minus your bodyguards, men in black and chase cars. If I were you sir, I would stay away. Its gonna be hell Rao. Also include Kalonzo junior and your kins and not hired youths. Dance macabre. Kuna sheria Kenya ndugu....wacha mzaha.

Sukari (not verified)     Tue, 01/23/2018 @ 05:06am

@Kenya, that was my translation too! Watching and waiting to see how messy this will unfold. On the same topic, Jalas of jeff & jalas fame confessed he was a victim of this mob initiation. He was laughing about it lakini I think it is an infringement of one's will and heritage, surely! Lou's don't subscribe to this, so why should the other half of their neighbours think they need it? I draw the line to this.

Sukari (not verified)     Wed, 01/24/2018 @ 09:20am

Kenya has really gone low and I am afraid it is not the country I recall at all. It's value base in questionable. First Ukabila is rampant, and now I learn that underneath this is a simmering war fare of religions. It saddens further that this rot is coming from the young and future of our country. Watch Jamhuri school shut down as these budding young things go at each other with total disregard of the authorities! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4ahNTAOpSo

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