Raila hits out at UDA for temporarily kicking out media at NDC
Raila Odinga Presidential Secretariat has hit out at United Democratic Alliance leadership for blocking media houses from covering its National Delegates Congress (NDC) for about an hour on Tuesday.
Through the spokesperson of the Secretariat Makau Mutua, Raila said Ruto will "switch off the lights of democracy" if elected president in the August 9 presidential election.
"In effect, Mr. Ruto decided to deny Kenyan public and even their own members the opportunity to see for themselves how and why they took the decisions they did.
"The opacity and secrecy of UDA is a chilling reminder to Kenyans what Mr. Ruto would do if he captures state power,"Mutua said in a statement.
He said the UDA must choose its candidate in the open and not in darkness.
"It cannot be and must not be done in darkness where a small cabal of elites and oligarchs choose the presidential candidate," he stated.
Mutua further defended the media as the public's eye.
"The media is the eyes of the people and must be allowed to cover all public events, absent any concerns for national security," he added.
