Raila kicks off TEN million signature collection against Ruto administration
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Raila Odinga launches TEN million signature collection against Ruto during Saba Saba protest rally at Kamukunji
Raila Odinga launches TEN million signature collection against Ruto during Saba Saba protest rally at Kamukunji.
Azimio leader Raila Odinga has kicked off the collection of 10 million signatures, saying Kenyans are tired after the Finance Bill was approved leading to the skyrocketing commodity prices.
Raila said he s determined to ensure power gets back to the people through constitutional means.
“Power belongs to the people and that is what the Constitution says,” he told a Saba Saba rally in Kamukunji Friday, “We are starting to collect ten million signatures from today, and by the end of next week we will have them.”
After his address in Kamukunji, Odinga asked his supporters to follow him for a march to Central Park but they were teargassed soon after.
Hundreds of Azimio supporters gathered at Kamukunji as Odinga readied for a fresh round of anti-government protests weeks after his troops ditched bipartisan talks in Parliament.
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“We are going to march to Central Park,” he said, “we must get there.”
Chaotic scenes were witnessed in Kamukunji as police lobbed teargas and fired live ammunition in the air to disperse the crowd while trying to break Odinga’s convoy that was leading the way.
“The time for talks is over and we must act now,” he said during the rally, “and we are going to act within the law, we will collect 10 million signatures to take the power back to the people.”
Undeterred by the early morning cold and early morning showers, the supporters voiced their dissatisfaction with the state of the economy and the tax measures enforced by President Ruto’s government under the Finance Act 2023.
Some chanted “tumechoka!” (we’re tired!) as they blew whistles displaying coordinated messages sanctioned by the Odinga-led opposition alliance.
Azimio Coalition had called for “Saba Saba” protests on July 7 to coincide with a day historically associated with the struggle for multiparty democracy in Kenya.
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