Petition filed against Uhuru and Raila Odinga
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A private citizen files a petition against Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and Azimio leader Raila Odinga over anti-government protests
A private citizen files a petition against Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and Azimio leader Raila Odinga over anti-government protests.
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta and Azimio Leader Raila Odinga were taken to court on Monday, July 17, ahead of this week’s anti-government protests slated to occur between Wednesday, July 19 to Friday, July 21.
Martin Gitau, a private person, has initiated a petition to force the two political heavyweights to stop the protests.
Gitau has also joined the Azimio Coalition and the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) in his lawsuit.
Through lawyer Adrian Kamotho, petitioner Martin Gitau wants the court to issue orders stopping the respondents from demonstrating.
They also want the court to restrain the political parties from releasing or disbursing any share or further allocation of the Political Parties Fund to the parties.
In the court document, Gitau claimed that the demonstrations were being used as a loophole to destroy and loot property and were being exploited to inconvenience peaceful citizens.
“Pending the hearing and determination of the Application and Petition herein inter partes the Honourable Court be pleased to issue a temporary order restraining the Respondents, their agents, servants, supporters and/or any person whatsoever from holding violent protests, barricading roads, destroying critical infrastructure, disrupting the lives of non-demonstrators or in any manner using the subsisting democratic space to destroy property, intimidate disinterested persons or to loot business premises,” reads court papers.
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The petition further states that since the protests kicked in, Kenya’s economy has been battered and should they go on, the economy risks going on a downward spiral.
Notably, the petition was filed the same day Azimio vowed not to be intimidated into cancelling its anti-government demonstrations.
“These protests will go on in line with Article 37 of our Constitution, which provides for freedom of peaceful assembly,” Azimio stated.
While Kenya Kwanza has consistently accused Uhuru of funding the protests, Azimio refuted these claims saying that no funds were going towards organising the charged protests.
“For anyone to claim that those protesters who came out in hundreds and thousands in places like Emali, Busia, Kitale, Kisii, Kilifi, Kakamega, Machakos, and Nairobi, among other places, were paid is to be extremely insincere and to live in deep denial,” a statement from Azimio read in part.
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