Exiled maverick Miguna Miguna has laid bare what he claims was NASA’s strategy to cripple President Uhuru Kenyatta’s administration in a record three months.
In his new book, Treason: The Case Against Tyrants and Renegades, Miguna says the plan was to mobilise a million strong crowd for the swearing-in ceremony of opposition chief Raila Odinga.
However, after the oath, the mammoth crowd would not disperse, but instead kick-off daily protest against Uhuru and his deputy William Ruto for at least two months without a break.
“We recommend that we make Nairobi the theatre of operations; that we don’t disband after the swearing-in,” Miguna writes, recalling a presentation he made at a strategy meeting attended by Raila and NASA chiefs.
“Instead, we should transform that gathering into a one million-persons march, pickets, processions and carnivore in the CBD without prior public broadcast. Secretly, but widely disseminate the information through NASA and NRM networks. Surprise and stealth are essential.”
According to Miguna, a NASA ICT expert, he identifies as Gondi, among others hacked IEBC servers after the election and retrieved the genuine presidential results.
The results retrieved from a secure location in Tanzania, Miguna claims, clearly showed Raila had beaten Uhuru hands down and was the basis of the swearing in.
According to the data, Raila led by 8,634,761 votes against Uhuru’s 7,675,162 votes, beating Uhuru by a clear six per cent.
According to the plan, during the processions – NASA would ensure protesters have enough clean water, portable toilets and mobile medical clinics – complete with International Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders personnel.
“Let’s cripple all business and other activities in Nairobi through peaceful pickets and disruptive events for weeks on end,” Miguna writes.
“However, in case the Jubilee regime reacts by placing the NASA and/or NRM leadership under arrest, detention or kills anyone of us, we must appeal to our supporters to increase the level of positive popular activities and protests with the aim of removing Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy William Ruto from power – by all means necessary.”
Apart from the peaceful protests, NASA was to unveil a fresh list of “companies, products, services and prominent names of agents of tyranny and plunder to be boycotted every month.”
“We recommended that Haco Tiger Group of Companies owned by Chris Kirubi, Uhuru Kenyatta’s Commercial Bank of Africa, Equity Bank and other banks should be added onto the list,” he recalls.
But his suggestion of Equity Bank, he claim, triggered instant fury from Raila, whom he says was opposed to the oath, and trembled like a leaf in the lead up to January 30, 2018.
“Raila jumped in as soon as I said Equity Bank. “Nooooo, Miguna, we cannot boycott Equity. That will hurt our people,” he loudly protested.