Raila threatens to establish his own electoral commission
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Raila vows to establish his own electoral commission should Ruto and his Kenya Kwanza ignore Azimio
Raila vows to establish his own electoral commission should Ruto and his Kenya Kwanza ignore Azimio.
Azimio la Umoja Leader Raila Odinga on Friday, July 7 promised that if the Select Committee moved forward with the process without taking the coalition’s opinions into consideration, he would create his own electoral commission.
“I want to make it very clear that if they ignore us then that will be a Kenya Kwanza commission which will not be party to. We as Azimio la Umoja will also go ahead and form our own electoral commission,” Raila threatened.
The Azimio leader made the statement while addressing the media minutes after the planned Saba Saba demonstrations ended in running battles around Nairobi City.
During the presser, Azimio announced that another round of nationwide protests will take place on Wednesday, July 12.
The protests follow months of failed talks between a bipartisan committee appointed by the ruling Kenyan Kwanza and Azimio in March.
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The opposition wants President Ruto’s administration to tackle the rising cost of living, open election servers, and stop the ongoing recruitment of electoral body commissioners.
“We have also said that the people of Kenya have a right to demonstrate and picket because these are rights enshrined in our constitution,” Raila affirmed.
“We are, therefore, collecting 10 million signatures in order to delegitimize this regime. In response, we will carry out our own referendum in order to delegitimize this regime.”
Raila claimed that Ruto’s administration had personally targeted him during the protest after his vehicle was hit by a live bullet fired by police.
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