Nominated Senator Beth Mugo. She is among a group of legislators accusing CORD of trying to oust the president. (Photo:Standard)

By Geoffrey Mosoku

Nairobi, Kenya: Three Members of Parliament allied to President Uhuru Kenyatta’s The National Alliance (TNA) now claim the nationwide rallies by CORD are meant to create despondency and bring down the Government.

The MPs, led by nominated senator Beth Mugo sensationally claimed that CORD was being used by western nations to stage an Arab Spring-like revolution to force Uhuru out of the Presidency.

She claimed that former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, who is expected in the country on Saturday, may have been receiving tips on the alleged plot while he was in the US and is now returning to actualise the plan.

 “We have seen what has happened in countries like Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and now Syria. We hope our opposition leader did not go to the US to learn these things,” she added.

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The senator, who is Uhuru’s first cousin, accused Western nations of sabotaging the Jubilee administration through mass withdrawal of tourists as a protest to Kenya’s deepening ties with China.

This, she said, was designed to precipitate a crisis that will force Kenyans to protest against the Government.

“Going by their utterances, it is very clear that CORD is only interested in ascending to the leadership of this country through unconstitutional means. While CORD leaders have indicated that Raila’s homecoming rally will be peaceful, we all know that ODM rallies end up in chaos as was witnessed during the aborted ODM party elections at Kasarani,” she added.

Hate speech

However, Siaya Senator James Orengo denied the claims saying that the Opposition was only resorting to rallies and street protest to compel the Government to call for a national dialogue to discuss a myriad of challenges facing the country.

“Those allegations are baseless and without basis,” Orengo said but insisted that their push will not stop until they get the Government to address key issues affecting the country.

At the same time, the MPs who included Dennis Waweru (Dagoreti South) and Njenga Kigo (Gatundu North) want Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keriako Tobiko to prosecute Machakos Senator Johnston Muthama for making remarks that they claimed amounted to hate speech.