Its Official now, RAILA ODINGA Quits National Politics. He will not Vie for Presidency in 2017.

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has vowed to boycott next year’s elections , even as 11 envoys urged dialogue. Raila insisted that there would be “no reason for us to participate” as the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), over which he is leading protests to oust the commissioners, will not be fair.

“We dont want inssues that may lead us to a state of violence that we witnessed in 2008. We will not go into the gallows. As it stands there would definitely be no reason for us to participate in the coming elections,” Raila told Al Jazeera’s TV in an interview.



The ODM leader spoke even as the ruling Jubilee coalition and the Opposition’s Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) welcomed the proposal by the envoys in Nairobi for talks for electoral reforms ahead of the next General Election. But the rival coalitions clashed bitterly over the agenda of those talks. Jubilee wants the talks to deal with electoral reforms, agree on pending issues ahead of the next election, but not the removal of the commissioners. Raila went further and dropped a bombshell………

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