NASA is done. They have no options. Knowing raila he will continue with protests and most of his supporters will get tired and foldYou may just be right.
I'm also of the same opinion that Rao's looking for a way bring up secession and become king of the castle.NASA is done. They have no options. Knowing raila he will continue with protests and most of his supporters will get tired and foldYou may just be right.
What I see happening here is the creation of a body that can earn international recognition as a legitimate representative of people from regions that feel alienated from the current govt/state. This is the game here. I may be wrong and it seems radical, but I really don't think I'm misreading things.
Whether it succeeds is something else.
I agree with most of your points. But I think the push for secession is not really RAO but younger NASA members. RAO probably aims to use it as leverage only. I agree it is an uphill task. Far more likely to fail than it is to succeed. Glad someone else can see what to me is now very clear. Amollo is describing an organization that will be able to hold its own referenda outside IEBC. That's separatist talk if I ever heard any.I'm also of the same opinion that Rao's looking for a way bring up secession and become king of the castle.NASA is done. They have no options. Knowing raila he will continue with protests and most of his supporters will get tired and foldYou may just be right.
What I see happening here is the creation of a body that can earn international recognition as a legitimate representative of people from regions that feel alienated from the current govt/state. This is the game here. I may be wrong and it seems radical, but I really don't think I'm misreading things.
Whether it succeeds is something else.
At the moment, he has a lot of support from his ardent supporters but, and this is important, the governors, MPs, etc. from the affected regions, not knowing where they'll get money to steal (not to mention salaries plus benefits), will be very wary of such a move. They'll be cutting off their own livelihoods before they've even started recouping their campaign expenses.
I doubt it'll go very far when the true implications of secession sink in and they'll start abandoning him.
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When folks start facing treason - this seccession nonsense will disappear. Ask MRC.Difficult to charge NASA bigwigs with treason.
It's difficult in general to charge people with non-existent crimes as well.When folks start facing treason - this seccession nonsense will disappear. Ask MRC.Difficult to charge NASA bigwigs with treason.
Impunity (which Jubilee takes full advantage of anyways) works both ways.
Ndii is dog-whistling, just like Trump to the white supremacists. Very hard to pin down legally. The message is crystal clear.It's difficult in general to charge people with non-existent crimes as well.When folks start facing treason - this seccession nonsense will disappear. Ask MRC.Difficult to charge NASA bigwigs with treason.
Impunity (which Jubilee takes full advantage of anyways) works both ways.
Even if you could pin it down, the point is it's not a crime to create a secessionist movement in Kenya. It is in fact a right already defended by the Court of Appeal at least once before.Ndii is dog-whistling, just like Trump to the white supremacists. Very hard to pin down legally. The message is crystal clear.It's difficult in general to charge people with non-existent crimes as well.When folks start facing treason - this seccession nonsense will disappear. Ask MRC.Difficult to charge NASA bigwigs with treason.
Impunity (which Jubilee takes full advantage of anyways) works both ways.
Even if you could pin it down, the point is it's not a crime to create a secessionist movement in Kenya. It is in fact a right already defended by the Court of Appeal at least once before.
Watching/listening to Otiende Amollo explain the statement to these international journalists, I am now even more convinced that this People's Assembly is the beginning of a Kenyan separatist/secessionist movement.
He says the aim is credible elections but if you listen to the ideas he is putting forth, he is talking about people withdrawing sovereignty from the govt in some form at some point. They are careful to avoid terms that at the moment would appear illegal but eventually, my view is that is they expect to make declarations of independence (again, my view: he doesn't say so).