Raila adopts new strategy in protest against Ruto administration
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Raila spreads protests countrywide in a new strategy to mount pressure against President Ruto administration
Raila spreads protests countrywide in a new strategy to mount pressure against President Ruto administration.
Azimio leader Raila Odinga on Friday, July 7, engaged police in running battles around Nairobi as close allies launched similar protests in counties in a change of tactic to mount pressure on President William Ruto.
Prior to leading hundreds of his fans in a match to the CBD, Raila staged a rally in Kamukunji to commemorate the Saba Saba protest in Nairobi.
In a new strategy, other Azimio principals also staged protests against the rising cost of living and electoral injustice in their strongholds.
While Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka led his supporters in anti-government demonstrations in Kathiani, Machakos County, former Gichugu MP and Azimio candidate in last year’s elections Martha Karua took to the streets in Kirinyaga County.
In one of the biggest demonstrations in the area since the opposition began organizing large-scale action after the losing the August 2022 General election, Kalonzo was joined by other Wiper Party officials and elected leaders.
Former Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and Roots Party Leader George Wajackoyah also joined their supporters in Vihiga and Kakamega counties respectively.
Likoni MP Mbishi Mboko and Migori County Woman Representative Fatuma Mohammed leading a handful of their supporters in fighting what they termed as runway cost of living and stolen electoral victory.
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Reports circulating online alleged that former Laikipia Governor Ndiritu Muriithi was taken in by the police, prematurely ending the protests in Nyahururu.
While addressing residents at Kamkunji residents, Raila accused the Kenya Kwanza regime of political party interference and failing to open election servers which they say would reveal the real winners of last year’s presidential election.
Further, the Azimio leader called out the government for imposing punitive taxes in the Finance Act amid a tough economic environment for millions of Kenyans.
The ODM leader also said that the opposition would embark on an exercise to collect signatures to compel Ruto to honour their demands.
Earlier today, Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei had cautioned the opposition against CBD protests but the leaders vowed that peaceful protest was their constitutional right.
“We have only legalised the Kamukunji meeting and we will not allow any other meeting anywhere else. It will be a working day and at the baraza in Kamukunji we will provide security and there is no cause for alarm,” Bungei cautioned.
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