Raila rallies adding political colour, Miguna Miguna
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Miguna Miguna urges President Ruto not to interfere with Raila rallies as they are adding colour to the political scene
Miguna Miguna urges President Ruto not to interfere with Raila rallies as they are adding colour to the political scene.
In a statement on Sunday, Lawyer Miguna Miguna said as long as the protests are peaceful, they should go on.
The outspoken lawyer said the Azimio rallies add colour to Kenyan politics.
“To President William Ruto. Make sure that Raila Odinga isn’t arrested or prevented from holding his useless rallies,” he said.
“Let him hold as many rallies as he wants. Their noise adds political colour!”
Miguna’s remarks were in response to the unveiling of a new youth movement by Raila.
During the Azimio rally at Kamukunji grounds in Kibra on Sunday, the former Prime Minister unveiled a new youth movement called Movement for Defence of Democracy with its officials wearing what appeared to be jungle camouflage.
The most obvious sign that Raila intends to escalate anti-government demonstrations is his statement.
He announced that further anti-Ruto rallies will take place and declared that “Ruto must go,” which heralds the beginning of a protracted political conflict.
“Our stand remains that Ruto did not win the elections. He got into the State House by hijacking and subverting the will of the people. He must get out,” the former Prime Minister said.
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On Thursday last week, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) said the rallies were causing political tension.
They also called on Azimio leader Raila Odinga to stop his planned political rallies forthwith.
The Commission also warned anyone taking advantage of the public rallies to spread hate speech, saying they will be dealt with at an individual level.
“The rallies that were held recently saw a spike in hate speech and misinformation, a move likely to get out of hand if unchecked,” NCIC chairperson Samuel Kobia said.
He said in January alone, there were ten hate speech cases and 20 misinformation cases that had been recorded and are being investigated by the commission.
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