Worrying details have emerged on a letter which was written
by NASA leader Raila Odinga's lawyer to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries
Commission (IEBC).
Odinga's lawyer and Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma wrote to
the IEBC Chairperson Wafula Chebukati seeking to know if the commission had
established the necessary procedures to prepare for a referendum in order to
amend the constitution to divide the country into two territories under the
NASA secession plan.
Under the plan, Kaluma outlines that dividing the country
into two, Kenyans will finally be cured of the vices of exclusion, tribalism,
corruption, inequities, impunity and general bad governance perpetrated by the
Jubilee Government.
Odinga's lawyer further proposes the two regions be called
the Democratic People of Kenya and the Central Republic of Kenya.
Kaluma cites article 5 of the constitution as the basis for
backing the referendum to redefine the territory of Kenya.
"Do also confirm by return whether the proposed
referendum questions and/or Bill could be expedited and proceeded with
simultaneously with the fresh elections; to give those who would otherwise not
vote in the fresh elections absent necessary reforms something to vote
on," the letter reads in part.
In the last few months, the secessionist narrative to split
Kenya into Jubilee and NASA controlled regions has swept the country following
the proposal of the idea by Odinga's strategist and economist Dr David Ndii.
