Ngunjiri Wambugu , the Political Affairs consultant has linked CORD leader Raila Odinga to the ongoing wave of fires that has hit secondary schools across the country.
In an opinion piece, Wambugu drew a rather close connection between school burning and Odinga by analyzing his political history.
“As regards the connection between him and the school fire, I thought it was obvious no one needed to point it out. Raila believed in the ideology that the end justifies the means,” Ngunjiri stated.
In his analysis, the political analyst noted that the Opposition leader had set a bad precedent to the high school students who now believe that violence is the only way that can bring about change.
“Students in high school have been following this doyen of opposition politics, reading about his exploits and watching him on TV. They have seen him and his supporters get away with holding demonstrations where people throw stones at the police, burn vehicles, destroy buildings and injure innocent members of the public,” Wambugu wrote.
“Raila’s cause somehow always progresses while no one is held responsible for the destruction,” he added.
The aspiring politician pinpointed three instances in which Mr Odinga used violence to propagate his ideologies and beliefs.
Wambugu highlighted the 1982 attempted coup where hundreds of innocent Kenyans were killed and property destroyed all in a bid by Odinga to overthrow the then-President Daniel Moi.
He further stated that the 2007/2008 Post Election Violence was instigated by Mr Odinga simply because he did not agree with the presidential election.
The political analyst also recounted the recent protests against the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) led by the former Premier with a focus to bring change in the electoral body.
Political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi also compiled a hypothesis connecting CORD to the school fires. Mr Ngunyi noted that the Opposition was the main beneficiary whenever there was a national crisis, therefore, the link was undeniable and justifiable.
“The question we must beg is the following, who is the major beneficiary of national crisis? And my hypothesis is as follows – without a crisis, there is no CORD. Being consumer of national crisis in this country for the last two to three years has been CORD. So long as we have had a National crisis CORD has been together. You remove the crisis CORD degenerates,” Ngunyi said.