Kenya Kwanza MPs Ask Police to Arrest Raila & Uhuru

Barely hours after the end of Monday, March 20, mass action against President William Ruto’s government, the Kenya Kwanza Coalition has pressured the Inspector General of Police, Japhet Koome, to arrest Azimio La Umoja Leader Raila Odinga. 

In a statement that was read by the National Assembly majority leader, Kimani Ichung’wah, on Tuesday, March 21, the Kenya Kwanza Members of Parliament asked the police to review the evidence and charge Raila and his sponsors. 

We ask the IG of Police not just to arrest the small boys who are paid to riot. If the buck stops at the door of Odinga, go for Odinga, if the buck stops at his sponsor’s door, go for them,” Kimani Ichung’wah noted. The MPs stated that Raila and his Azimio La Umoja brigade went against the law by declaring an illegal Public Holiday. 

According to Kenya Kwanza, Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta was sponsoring chaos in order to avert ongoing investigations into the looting of the country’s finances during his regime. 

“Uhuru Kenyatta and his handshake brother Raila Odinga are planning the demonstrations because they want to derail ongoing investigations on the crimes committed under the previous regime.

“What Raila is doing is only equivalent to what the bandits parts of North Rift are doing. Mr Odinga is involved in a scheme of urban banditry and he must be held to account,” Ichung’wah stated. 

The coalition noted that without proper accountability, Azimio La Umoja will continue to breach peace with extra-legal actions in the upcoming protests.

“The buck stops with Raila and his sponsors, and they must be held to account for the destructions that took place during the protest,” Ichung’wah noted. 

President William Ruto’s coalition warned that Raila was planning more chaos in the coming weeks and months, and noted that they will write to the Registrar of Political Parties to withhold funds meant for the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). 

The MPs want the Registrar of Political Parties to channel the money meant for ODM Party to compensate those who lost businesses and property. 

“Our Secretary-General will demand that the money meant for ODM be given to our party as compensation for the destruction that took place in the Kisumu office,” Ichung’wa revealed. 

On his part, the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Party Secretary-General Cleophas Malala wondered why Raila did not present his petition to President Ruto as he had earlier planned.

“What Raila is doing is only equivalent to what the bandits parts of North Rift are doing. Mr Odinga is involved in a scheme of urban banditry and he must be held to account,” Ichung’wah.