ODM leader Raila Odinga has expressed his fear that his foot soldiers are not well prepared to battle with Deputy President William Ruto.
The ODM leader said he was worried that while supporters of his opponents were aggressively registering as voters, how his own political stronghold is reluctant to get ready for the electioneering process.
“If your opponent is sharpening the knife and you are busy singing and clapping for him, is that a strategy of foolishness?” Raila posed.
With barely a week to the end of the mass voter registration, the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has said that only 760,000 people have registered to vote ahead of the 2022 General Election.
IEBC’s assessment of voter listing revealed that Raila Odinga’s Nyanza region has registered a worrying trend of low voter registration.
For instance, Raila Odinga’s Siaya county has only registered 14, 308 new voters against the target of 105,378 new voters leaving more than 100,000 people aged 18 years and above outside the voting brackets.
Last month, Odinga, who is considered to be the finest heir to President Uhuru Kenyatta said he may not give the fifth stab at the presidency come 2022 if his supporters fail to register as voters.
He said he will first gauge the number of people who will have registered as voters from his strongholds before he makes an announcement regarding his presidential ambitions.
“I cannot vie if my people will have not registered for IDs and voters’ cards. “I will first gauge the number of people who are registered before I make my announcement on the presidential race… I have mastered all the ways to maneuver through this journey,” he said.
