On 28 July, while on a campaign trail in Nakuru county, Azimio La Umoja flagbearer Raila Odinga launched a grassroots movement dubbed Rauka na Firimbi (wakeup on the whistle call) tasked with getting out the vote for the coalition party on 9 August.
“We will have our people moving from one village to another waking up our supporters in the wee hours of the morning using a whistle to go and cast their ballot. We want to win this election in round one,” said Raila, blowing a whistle hanging around his neck.
His main rival in the presidential election, Deputy President William Ruto, also responded by unveiling a door-to-door mobilisation programme in his strongholds to ensure a high voter turnout on D-day.
“We will have groups in our strongholds of Mt Kenya region and Rift Valley facilitating the movement of our supporters to various polling stations. We are leaving nothing to chance,”
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