Ruto dares Raila over planned street protests
Ruto dares Azimio leader Raila Odinga over planned street protests to martial support for the IEBC commissioners
Ruto dares Azimio leader Raila Odinga over planned street protests to martial support for the IEBC commissioners.
President William Ruto has described Raila Odinga as a dictator over his plan to hold countrywide rallies to martial support for Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Vice Chair Juliana Cherera.
On November 28, Ruto claimed that Raila was trying to sabotage the country’s peace for his own benefit as well as Cherera’s and the interests of the four other commissioners who were up for removal.
The president objected to the strategy that the leader of Azimio had decided to employ in a thinly veiled warning to Raila.
“Street demonstrations, street fights should not be part of the script in any responsible opposition unless they want to be a dictatorial opposition which I don’t think is where they want to go,” Ruto remarked.
Ruto welcomed the criticism from the opposition but argued that it should not be at the expense of Kenyans.
“I do not think organizing demonstrations and telling Kenyans to do the things they want them to do is part of holding the government to account.
“We are consolidating and reorganizing our country. I want to tell our brothers in the opposition to work with us and criticize whatever they want to criticize but let us keep the country peaceful,” the President reiterated.
Ruto made the announcement at the launch of Twiga Foods in Tatu City.
The response comes one day after Raila made the announcement that he will host nationwide rallies in major cities and towns to solicit opinions from the general population regarding the dismissal of the four IEBC commissioners.
Raila announced that the maiden rally would be held at the Kamukunji Grounds in Nairobi on Wednesday, November 30.
Cherera, Justus Nyang’aya, Irene Masit, and Francis Wanderi’s jobs are hanging in the balance after four petitions were tabled before parliament to remove them from office over gross misconduct.
However, Raila maintained that the four commissioners were innocent and accused Ruto of attempting to clear his path ahead of the 2027 General Election.
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