Raila Odinga's chief agent in August 2022 presidential election Saitabao Kanchory now says that it is risky to follow a leader who has no clear plan.
According to Kanchory, this is the greatest lesson he picked from last year's election.
He went on to highlight some of the red flags he raised then, saying that it is what the Opposition led by Raila Odinga was now talking about.
His reaction comes after Raila in a rally at the Kamukunji grounds on Monday said he does not recognise President William Ruto's presidency.
Question:
— Saitabao Kanchory (@Saitabao) January 24, 2023
1. Who was the first to REJECT the 2022 Presidential Results?
2. Who was the first to WARN the Nation of all the electoral fraud now being belatedly presented?
3. Who put his life on the line?
LESSON LEARNT:
It's risky to follow someone who has no clear plan or endgame
Soon after the rally, Kanchory challenged the Azimio leader to come clean on his plans to counter the alleged poll fraud.
He said it was time Raila walked the talk and gave a definite course of action.
"Baba Raila Odinga should give a clear way forward or hold his peace. Kenyans don't have time for silly games," Kanchory said.
Kanchory is one of the people who were at the centre of the chaos witnessed at the Bomas of Kenya shortly before former IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati announced Ruto as president-elect.
Later in an explosive interview, Kanchory said Raila lost the election because he only listened to Minority Whip Junet Mohamed's advice during the campaigns.
"We could not have lost this election if it weren't for three people. The first one is Junet Mohamed, the second is Joe Mucheru and the third is Makau Mutua. These are people I have worked with and respect but in terms of responsibility, they take the highest responsibility," he said on NTV.
According to Kanchory, Junet ran a one-man show and the former Prime minister sided with everything he said, even when he could clearly see it was wrong.
"The only person Baba would listen to without question was Junet. Even if you had truth and you told Baba and Junet comes with darkness, Baba would side with Junet," he said.
"Junet Mohamed is one man who purported to know everything and he nullified everything everyone said and also made sure he kept people who could have helped Baba (Raila) at arm's length. He ensured nobody came close to Baba who would have helped him."
The claims have put the former Raila Chief agent at loggerheads with close allies of the former Prime minister.
