‘Adopt-A-Bus Station’ to stop flight from city
Travellers boarding buses at Machakos Country Bus terminus in Nairobi on July 30, 2017. They are heading to their rural homes. Nasa does not wants its supporters to leave the city. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Mr Muthama said those leaving the city will hand Jubilee Party another five years to misrule the country.
Nairobi County National Super Alliance (Nasa) leaders have launched Adopt-A-Bus Station call, aimed at stopping their supporters from leaving for their rural homes for fear of violence in the city during the August 8 General Election.
Led by Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero and Machakos County Senator Johnson Muthama, who is spearheading Nasa campaigns in the city, they assured their supporters that there will be no violence before, during and after the elections and that they should stay and vote.
“We do not want you to go back home,” Dr Kidero said when he met the Luhya community at Nyayo National Stadium on Sunday.
“Let us adopt bus stations and stop people from departing for their rural homes.
“There will be no violence as the elections will be peaceful and so there is no need for people to go home.”
JUBILEE
Dr Kidero said Nasa would ensure security for everybody and asked registered voters to come out in large numbers to vote and send the Jubilee government home.
Mr Muthama said those leaving the city will hand Jubilee Party another five years to misrule the country.
“Let us ensure that we send this government home on August 8. But this will only happen if we all remain to vote en masse on the election day,” Mr Muthama said.
VIOLENCE
Nairobi Deputy Governor Jonathan Mueke added: “Things must change.”
A spot check by the Nation at the Machakos Country Bus terminus revealed a large group of travellers, mainly women and their children from Nyanza and western Kenya, boarding buses for their rural homes though registered to vote in Nairobi.
“I fear for violence erupting after the elections and I do not want to risk my life,” Ms Millicent Nyaboke said.
Others however said that they were heading home purposely to vote there.
