Africa-Press – Kenya. Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga has urged his supporters not to lose hope and instead be firm and steadfast as they wait for the Supreme Court verdict on his presidential petition case.
Odinga said they are sure they won the elections and their victory couldn’t be grabbed by ‘those corrupt people’.
“I want you not to lose hope, be firm. Our victory can’t be grabbed by those corrupt people, we will take our victory and bring it home,” Raila said.
He spoke during Apostle Francis Musili of Around The Globe Ministries (ATG) father’s burial ceremony at Migwani in Mwingi West, Kitui County on Saturday.
The ODM chief was accompanied by several leaders alongside Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Kitui Governor Julius Malombe, Woman representative Irene Kasalu and Senator Enoch Wambua.
“That’s the meaning of Azimio La Umoja. We are sure that we won. I have to thank you for the many votes you gave me, your votes rained like rain,” Raila said.
“Your votes haven’t gone into waste, they are still there and have value. I don’t want to discuss matters that are in court. Some people are trying to threaten the court, we want justice to take place.”
Kasalu, Malombe and Wambua said the Kamba nation and Kenyans at large were still behind the Azimio’s flag bearer.
“These people I’m sure 100 per cent will vote for you again, Baba is the fifth. Thank you so much for voting for us. Thank you so much for voting for me,” Kasalu told the mourners.
Wambua urged Kitui residents to remain calm as they wait for the court’s verdict.
He said the court’s decision will not be necessarily the end of the struggle.
“Let’s be calm, tutulie, tungoje uamuzi wa korti. Sisi tumetii amri. Tutatulia, tutangoja uamuzi wa korti. But I want to tell my people, the court’s decision will not be necessarily the end of this struggle, the struggle must continue,” Wambua said.
“It’s the Martin Luther King Junior who said that every man has both legal and moral responsibility to obey just laws. But, every man under the earth has both legal and moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. We must sit and wait for justice with fairness, there can never be justice without fairness,” Wambua added.
The senator said they will wait for Raila and Kalonzo’s signals.
“Wherever you will tell us to go, we shall go. We are your loyal troops because all these people have problems, we have problems as a community, and Kitui County residents in particular,” Wambua said.
He said they couldn’t afford to keep the Kamba nation out of government especially if they were sure that the victory was theirs but stolen from them.
“Baba na Kalonzo chezeni kama nyinyi, give us direction and we shall follow,” Wambua said.
Malombe said there was massive rigging during the presidential elections.
He said with the evidence they presented to court, they will win the case.
“Even the elections scheduled for August 29 for Kitui Rural parliamentary seat, Mombasa and Kakamega gubernatorial seats, we will win. We have no doubts, we are eagerly waiting for the case,”Malombe said.
“If told to repeat the presidential elections, we are ready. We must move the country forward without corruption.”
Raila assured the Kamba nation that if he takes power as the fifth president, his administration will solve several problems faced by the residents including water, roads and electricity, among other infrastructures.
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