A section of politicians have asked Nasa
leaders to cancel the planned swearing-in of principals Raila Odinga and
Kalonzo Musyoka.
Nyamira Governor
John Nyagarama, his Meru counterpart Kiraitu Murungi, Senate Deputy
Speaker Kithure Kindiki and MPs from Meru County urged Nasa leaders to
embrace dialogue.
OATH PLANS
They
spoke on Saturday at the funeral of former KTDA chairman Stephen Mutai
Imanyara at Kagwampungu Primary School in Imenti South.
“I
am sending Governor Nyagarama to Raila Odinga to ask him to forego the
swearing-in ceremony. We elected a president who was constitutionally
sworn into office,” Imenti North MP Rahim Dawood said.
Mr
Kindiki, the Tharaka-Nithi senator, described the oath plans as a waste
of time, adding that the Constitution is clear on how to become
President.
“The swearing-in is untenable. The president is ready to dialogue with the opposition leaders,” Prof Kindiki said.
TALKS
Governor Nyagarama, a Nasa elected leader, asked opposition leaders to embrace dialogue, saying Kenyans want peace.
“Let
people sit and talk. It does not matter if you are in government or
opposition. If anything happens in this country, both opposition and
government will be affected. We want the two gentlemen [President Uhuru
Kenyatta and Mr Odinga] to meet and talk,” he said.
Governor Murungi said the matter was being handled by competent people and Kenyans should not be concerned.
“Let
Mr Odinga be sworn in. We want to see where he will go. The Kenyan
police officers will give him protection as he goes home after being
sworn in as the people’s’ president. Let your hearts not be troubled by
the said swearing-in plans,” he said.
EULOGY
Kenya
Tea Development Authority officials, including the CEO Lerionka
Tiampati and chairman Peter Kanyago, eulogised the late Imanyara as a
hard working leader who united small-scale tea farmers countrywide.
“Mr
Imanyara was undoubtedly the single largest smallholder farmer. If he
had desired he would have put up his own factory but he believed in the
smallholder model of shared facility.
“He
never departed from the smallholder tea model of ownership in what
represents his unshakeable belief in the system and identity with the
small-scale tea farmers,” Mr Tiampati said.
The former KTDA chairman is survived by a widow – Honesty Kanyua – five children and several grandchildren.
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