FIDEL SAYS YES

April 18, 2010 - Former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga and the Prime Minister’s son, Fidel Odinga, on Saturday led youths to drum up support for the draft constitution in Kisumu.

The mood in the lakeside town of Kisumu where former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga was rallying for a ‘Yes’ campaign, was upbeat.

“The stage is set for the new constitutional dispensation and the youth must stand up and be counted,” he said.

Mr Njenga who declared his support for the draft law when he met Prime Minister Raila Odinga last week said the youth have the power to make reforms the country has yearned for since independence noting that the youth are the majority in the country.

Mr Njenga said the proposed Constitution is friendly to the youth and urged them to register as voters to enable them participate in the national referendum due in August.

Mr Njenga was accompanied by Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s son Fidel Odinga at a fund raiser for the youth, where they warned the youth against being used by politicians during the national referendum campaigns.

He said that the youth should embrace peace and not politicians using them to cause mayhem during the campaigns.

“We should not be used by politicians for their selfish gains but fight for our rights that has been spelled clearly in the new Constitution,” Mr Njenga said.