Raila threatens to sue Ruto over 1982 coup remark as he lectures Gachagua on democracy
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Raila threatens to sue President William Ruto over defamation claims linking him to the 1982 failed coup
Raila threatens to sue President William Ruto over defamation claims linking him to the 1982 failed coup.
On Thursday, March 16, Raila stated that he will be moving to court after Ruto claimed that he took part in the 1982 failed coup.
“I will be suing Ruto because the case was closed for lack of evidence against me,” Raila stated in a charged rally in Nakuru.
The Azimio leader noted that the Kenya Kwanza Coalition leaders had savagely attacked his reputation without adducing evidence.
“I was discharged from treason charges after the courts found out that there was no evidence linking me to the 1982 attempted coup. Ruto has spoiled my name and I am going to sue him for defamation” Raila assured his supporters.
Raila stated that his reputation was under threat after President Ruto allegedly accused him of going against the constitution that guards all Kenyans.
Raila’s threat comes after President William Ruto on Wednesday, March 15, 2023, asked Raila to be true to his demands, noting that he was not genuine in his push for mass action.
In his address, Ruto claimed the Azimio leader was behind the 1982 failed coup.
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On his part, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua stated that Raila will be dealt with definitively by the Kenya Kwanza government.
However, Raila responded to Gachagua telling him that he was not afraid of anything, not even death.
“You can kill me, but you can’t kill the spirit of Raila that lives in the majority of Kenyans. “Even if you assassinate me, my spirit will live on. I am ready to pay the ultimate prize for Kenyans,” the ODM Party Leader noted.
He added that the Azimio La Umoja coalition cannot be intimidated by a government whose legitimacy, they claimed, “was not recognized”.
“We shall not be intimidated by Ruto and Gachagua. Gachagua has no locus standi to talk about anything democracy,” Raila noted.
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