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Mazee hii kitu mimi naona italeta maneno...with the President pulling in one direction and the Prime Minister pulling the other way.
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Ngunyi: Coalition govt to run out of gas before October


Posted by LABAN WANAMBISI on March 21, 2012
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NAIROBI, Kenya Mar 21- Prime Minister Raila Odinga will walk out of the Grand Coalition Government by the end of the year if his co-principal President Mwai Kibaki insists on holding the next general elections in March next year, an analyst has predicted.

Consulting House CEO Mutahi Ngunyi said the PM knows such a move will not trigger an early election but will be aimed at siding with many Kenyans who oppose the March 4 date announced by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

"So that polarity is what will cause the collapse of the Grand Coalition Government and that is what Raila is waiting for," he said when he appeared as a guest on K24's current affairs talk show, Capital Talk hosted by Jeff Koinange.

Ngunyi said it would be unwise for the PM to pull out of the government at the moment "as there is a likelihood that the PNU wing of the coalition might continue serving."

He added: "The notion that the government will collapse if the PM pulls out is not embraced in the National Accord and he must tread carefully."

The National Accord states that; the Coalition will be dissolved if the current Parliament is dissolved; or if the parties agree in writing; or if one coalition partner withdraws from the Coalition.

He said Odinga's protests over the nomination of Amina Masoud and others as the chair of the National Police Service Commission and the March 4 election date set by the IEBC are heightening fears of a possible ODM pullout from the Coalition.

The Prime Minister has opposed the March 4, 2013 election date set saying it is not favourable with a majority of Kenyans.

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