Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka |
“This morning the 9th day of March
2018 we saw through the media a meeting between the President and Rt. Hon.
Raila Amolo Odinga. NASA is a coalition of four political parties namely,
Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), Wiper Democratic Movement-Kenya (WDM-K),
Amani National Congress (ANC) and Ford Kenya,” Kalonzo, Mudavadi and Wetang’ula
said. They said while they have always advocated dialogue, as NASA’s
coalition’s co-Principals, they were not privy to the discussions at Harambee
House.
“The four NASA
co-principals have however scheduled a retreat on Monday 12th March, 2018 when
we shall deliberate on the political developments,” the trio said. President
Uhuru and Raila buried their differences in a move that caught Kenyans unawares
when they held a closed door meeting at House in Nairobi. Addressing the press
on Friday, President Uhuru said that it was time to change the political
landscape and focus on moving the country forward. Uhuru added that Kenya was
greater than any individual and leaders should come together and discuss freely
what ails the country.
Both leaders were in
agreement that there was need to bury the hatchet and unite Kenyans. On his
part, the former Prime Minister noted that it was time to self-reflect as a country.
Raila pointed out that the hardline stances that the political class
has been clinging on have been detrimental to the country. "We have
moved from year to year, election to election, never pausing to deal with the
challenges that our diversity was always going to pose to our efforts to create
a prosperous and united nation. Consequently, the ties that bind us are
today under the severest stress," said Raila. He added that the 2010
Constitution was the hardware and it was time to "upgrade its
software” and resolve differences amicably, adding that blame games must stop
to protect the future of the country.
He also called on
leaders and Kenyans to come together and make it a reality. The NASA Leader was
accompanied by his daughter Winnie Odinga, strategist David Ndii and Suna East
MP Junet Mohammed.