The National Super Alliance's (NASA) chances of mounting a serious challenge against the Jubilee party in the August 8 polls could be seriously jeopardised if the latest move by the government is effected. The opposition coalition under the stewardship of Raila Odinga is likely to face serious challenges after the government moved to stop any foreign funding for its campaigns.
According to the Sunday Nation, Uhuru's administration held a high level meeting aimed at finding ways to stop any money from outside the country flowing into the accounts of NASA principals, their cronies or the coalition itself.
The meeting comprised of the Treasury, the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) and the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). It comes at a time when Raila has been out of the country, apparently among other engagements, to meet possible financiers for the NASA campaigns.
Others are Raila's friends from Nigeria including former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuany.
However, Siaya Senator and Raila's close ally has said that the opposition fully understands what the law requires about foreign funding and added that any help from foreigners will be done within the law.
“We will accept help from our friends abroad as long as it is done within the law. Whether such help comes or not, we are sure to mount one of the best-financed and organised campaigns in this part of the world,” he said as quoted by the paper.
Raila and Uhuru will face off for the second time in August 2017, having met on the ballot in the 2013 election. Uhuru won amid claims from Raila and his team that they had been rigged out.
However, Siaya Senator and Raila's close ally has said that the opposition fully understands what the law requires about foreign funding and added that any help from foreigners will be done within the law. “We will accept help from our friends abroad as long as it is done within the law. Whether such help comes or not, we are sure to mount one of the best-financed and organised campaigns in this part of the world,” he said as quoted by the paper.
Raila and Uhuru will face off for the second time in August 2017, having met on the ballot in the 2013 election. Uhuru won amid claims from Raila and his team that they had been rigged out.
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