NASA principal and AU High representative for Infrastructure and Development Raila Odinga has opened up on the hot topic on why he is strongly opposed to Deputy President William Ruto’s presidency.
Speaking in an interview with Tony Gachoka which was aired on KTN, Odinga discussed at length where the struggle originated from saying he has nothing to hide.
TG: Your political opponents have said the constitutional reforms being fronted by the Building Bridges Initiative is a way of stopping others from assuming office, and securing a seat for you?
Raila: First let’s go to the genesis of the Building Bridges. It is a result of lengthy discussions between me and Uhuru Kenyatta. Both of us had been sworn in as presidents, and when we sat down to talk, we said we cannot have two presidents in a country.
But what could enable one of us to step down was by looking into how we wanted to bring change to the country. We said, “What are the issues?” We put them on the table and it was on that basis that we agreed that I step aside on condition that we do all these things together. This is not about 2022.
It is about changing Kenya, because we said without addressing 2017 there would be no 2022. Nobody or a few people will go to the ballot in 2022 if there are no substantive changes to what happened in 2017.
TG: Are you assuring Kenyans that the referendum push is to improve the Executive and the Legislative arm of Government?
Raila: No constitution is perfect. The American constitution was amended within months of its promulgation. We have implemented this Constitution for nine years, it is time to revisit to see what works and what does not.