Thursday, February 21, 2013

RAILA ODINGA’s team REVEALS why UHURU KENYATTA pulled out of Presidential Debate




Wednesday, the 20th of February 2013 - The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) has accused Uhuru Kenyatta of the rival Jubilee alliance of pulling out of next Monday’s Presidential debate out of fear of discussing the land question.

The Jubilee alliance released a lengthy letter earlier today in which it expressed an intention to withdraw its Presidential candidate Uhuru Kenyatta from Monday’s debate because he was unfairly treated in the first debate especially on the question of the ICC cases.

CORD now says that Uhuru’s only reason for pulling out of the debate is his reluctance to face questions on land;

“However, we are shocked that the Jubilee Alliance’s flag bearer Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta has persistently evaded the issue of land whenever questions are raised and we are not surprised at his withdrawal from the 2nd National Presidential Debate which is scheduled for next Monday.”

“We are aware that one of the questions for the debate is touching on land and we expect that any politician intending to govern this country must be ready to highlight on how they are going to tackle the issue of land if elected on the 4th of March this year. We know that he has always stated that if elected, he will address the issue of land, but we are asking how? We urge Mr. Kenyatta not to shy away from this issue; after all it affects everyone in Kenya.

The statement from CORD also pointed a finger at State House for the failure to gazette the members of the National Land Commission;

“The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) is appalled by the reluctance of the government to gazette the names of the Commissioners to the National Lands Commission despite having been passed by Parliament before its dissolution.”

The statement added that CORD would ensure that the members of the NLC take office as soon as possible if elected;

We wish to assure Kenyans that if elected to power, the CORD government shall give the necessary assistance to the National Land Commission to discharge its duties to the betterment of the welfare of all the people.”

The Kenyan DAILY POST

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