Debate: KCA is Not Neutral

KCA leadership,

The Debate you propose is a good American idea. You idea won't fly in the current Kenyan situation where a challenger is leading the incumbent in opinion polls. If I were Hon. Odinga I would avoid the debate; not because of any deficiency, but because I wouldn't stand being called cheap names by the incumbent. Moreover, because KCA is not a neutral party in the current campaigns its leadership have no credibility as moderators; the Kenyan press itself is highly tribalized. Finally, the convenors have no power to restarain the a candidate when he starts bashing the other candidates, the way it happened on Kenyatta Day 2007. Some members of KCA are trying to achieve what they have failed to do in forums such as jaluodotcom; and that is to throw dirt at the good name of Hon. Odinga Hon. Odinga must be advised not to honor the KCA debate.

Joseph R. Alila