https://www.polity.org.za
Deepening Democracy through Access to Information
Home / News / All News RSS ← Back
Close

Email this article

separate emails by commas, maximum limit of 4 addresses

Sponsored by

Close

Article Enquiry

Odinga says Kenya moving towards dictatorship, calls for Western intervention

Close

Embed Video

Odinga says Kenya moving towards dictatorship, calls for Western intervention

Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga
Photo by Reuters
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga

10th November 2017

By: African News Agency

SAVE THIS ARTICLE      EMAIL THIS ARTICLE

Font size: -+

Following Kenya’s election crisis opposition leader Raila Odinga has warned that the country is heading towards a dictatorship and has called for Western intervention, Kenya’s Daily Nation reported Friday.

Odinga, the leader of the coalition opposition National Super Alliance (NASA), called for international partners to intervene during a 30-minute lecture in at the Centre for Security and International Studies, in the American capital Washington DC on Thursday.

Advertisement

Addressing Kenya’s political stalemate, over August’s annulled presidential elections, the questionable rerun on October 26 which is being challenged once again in the Supreme Court, he asked the West to act to guard against what he called extremism and terrorism and ignoring democracy.

“I have come to Washington to convey a simple message: We need a much fuller engagement in the many arms of government that your country possesses to assist the envoys in Nairobi,” he said

Advertisement

“The (American) envoys’ efforts up to now have not succeeded in defusing the crisis. They have sometimes contributed to the crisis,” he said before accusing Western countries of leading Kenya on the path of electoral autocracy and dictatorship.

“Kenya’s is not just an electoral crisis triggered by a third straight stolen election. Let me be blunt: Kenya is hurtling towards an outright dictatorship.”

EMAIL THIS ARTICLE      SAVE THIS ARTICLE

To subscribe email subscriptions@creamermedia.co.za or click here
To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here

Comment Guidelines

About

Polity.org.za is a product of Creamer Media.
www.creamermedia.co.za

Other Creamer Media Products include:
Engineering News
Mining Weekly
Research Channel Africa

Read more

Subscriptions

We offer a variety of subscriptions to our Magazine, Website, PDF Reports and our photo library.

Subscriptions are available via the Creamer Media Store.

View store

Advertise

Advertising on Polity.org.za is an effective way to build and consolidate a company's profile among clients and prospective clients. Email advertising@creamermedia.co.za

View options
Free daily email newsletter Register Now