Raila lights up Mukuru residents with a scathing attack on Ruto
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Azimio leader Raila Odinga launches a scathing attack on President William Ruto over the running of the country
Azimio leader Raila Odinga launches a scathing attack on President William Ruto over the running of the country.
Speaking during an event to donate food items to flood victims in Embakasi South on Friday, May 3, Raila stated that Ruto had failed to steer the country on the right path.
In his address, Raila recounted claims by the government that Azimio was hindering development projects in the country during anti-government protests.
The Azimio leader questioned if anything tangible had been done in the country since the opposition coalition party called off street protests.
“Now, when they were spreading rumours everywhere that Azimio wants to destroy the economy, and that’s why it held them hostage, and they can’t run things. We said, “Okay, let’s stand aside and watch.” Now, it’s been a year since then, has the situation improved? Has anything changed? Haven’t they failed? They failed, and even if they stay for ten years, they’ll fail. Zakayo doesn’t know the way,” Raila stated.
Raila further observed that the issue with Ruto’s government was that it was full of corrupt individuals.
He accused Ruto of appointing corrupt lieutenants, pointing out the fertiliser scandal as a case for reference.
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“All those in his camp, those he chose, are all thieves. Their job is theft. Everywhere they open their operations, it’s theft. Just the other day, they said they were bringing fertiliser; they came to sell rocks to the people, claiming it was fertiliser,” Raila added.
In addition, Raila called on the head of state to revert his initial decision directing the Interior Ministry to lead demolitions in the reperian lands of the Mukuru kwa Ruben.
The former prime minister termed Ruto’s orders as unethical and instead urged the government to first construct houses for the residents before evicting them.
“And I want to say today, these people should not demolition the houses in the Mukuru kwa Njenga, let them not destroy any house,” Raila said.
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