Raila vows not to relent until he reclaims his stolen victory
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Raila declares Azimio coalition will not move on from the August poll loss until they claim their “stolen victory”
Raila declares Azimio coalition will not move on from the August poll loss until they claim their “stolen victory”.
The Azimio leader said the coalition will pull all the stops to end the ‘curse of electoral theft and predetermined outcome’ in the country.
Mr. Odinga was speaking during his anti-government rallies in Kisumu.
He was accompanied by Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Roots party leader George Wajackoyah, Jubilee SG Jeremiah Kioni, Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina, and all the governors from the four Nyanza counties.
The Supreme Court’s ruling that President William Ruto was duly elected on August 9, 2022, according to Mr. Odinga, would not deter them.
Even as he asserted that President William Ruto was attempting to reverse the democratic gains that the nation had earned through protracted reform campaigns.
“We must free this country from electoral theft and the curse of elections whose results are predetermined. We must ring-fence multiparty democracy and ensure it is irreversible. We end the fear of illegitimate authority,” the coalition said in a resolution read by National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi.
Raila insisted that the fight for electoral justice is not just for his own sake but for future generations.
“You can open the doors of jail wide open if you have the space for all of us. We cannot be scared by people who have not even been to the police cell themselves,” said Mr. Odinga.
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“In some future date not very far from today, the supreme court of history will sit in judgment, on behalf of our children and grandchildren.
“That court will ask each one of us; why did you not stand up when things were being turned upside down in your own country to subjugate your own people?” Raila posed during the rally at Moi Stadium in Kisumu.
The Azimio leaders in their resolution accused the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), the Supreme Court, and Parliament of being bribed and intimidated by the Kenya Kwanza administration to act in their favour.
Martha Karua while terming the Kenya Kwanza government as “illegitimate” reiterated that they have plans of taking back people’s power in a peaceful manner.
“This is not about Raila but you. We are going to return the voice of the people,” she said.
Karua noted that the constitution gives people the power to issue orders to the Court, Parliament, and even the President.
“The Supreme Court failed to listen to us. We are now before the court of public opinion,” she said.
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