Kenyans would be justified to rebel if the repeat presidential election takes place on Thursday, Anyang' Nyong'o has said.
The Governor of Kisumu, where NASA chief Raila Odinga enjoys strong support, raised concerns on Wednesday about the election that the Opposition chief has boycotted.
President Uhuru Kenyatta and DP William Ruto have insisted it should go on and have told the IEBC that they are read:
Raila earlier issued a statement rebuking the Jubilee Party leaders for pushing for the election yet the electoral commission has "horrified" the public with revelations on the poll.
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Nyong'o said: "If the government subverts the sovereign will of the people...then people are entitled to rebel against this government."
The Governor said the National Super Alliance is ready for Canaan, their analogy for a better Kenya free from problems they say the Jubilee administration has subjected the people to.
"We must be strong and ready," he told journalists.
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Earlier, Kisumu Senator Fred Outa led residents in protests against IEBC and urged voters not to go to polling stations tomorrow.
"There will be no vote in the region even if the IEBC chair [Wafula Chebukati] proceeds with the process tomorrow," he said.
"We will teach them a lesson to ensure nobody steals our elections in the future."
Outa said nobody invited Kenyans to their own country so "we must teach Uhuru a lesson...election theft must stop".
Kisumu speaker Onyango Oloo said that on Friday, Kenya will begin a new match to freedom.
"Those who refuse to learn will go down. We are committed to this force," he said.
"When you kill one, 10 will rise and nobody will stop this process. Jubilee and IEBC cannot expect us to participate in a forced election and expect to have a country to rule. No."
Oloo said they will not go tot he election simply because "the Supreme Court said" noted they want peace.
"We say as NASA supporters and leaders that we don't want people to be forced to vote," he declared.
"No Kenyan can be forced...no one should be beaten because they have refused to do so...this is according to the constitution."
He also said: "Some people have been planted among us to cause havoc. We know the people who planned this. some planning to throw a bottle bomb in my car, we know where t
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