Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition party has announced two more rallies whose agenda is to push the government into addressing issues affecting ordinary Kenyans.
The opposition will hold a consultative forum on Sunday at the Kamukunji Grounds in Kibra, Nairobi, and another in Mavoko, Machakos County next week.
National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi has explained that the rallies will be used to deliberate on the critical challenges facing the country.
“We wish to inform our supporters, the general public and all Kenyans who feel for our country that our People’s Baraza are set to continue this week and the weeks that follow. On Sunday, February 5, 2023, we will hold a Baraza at the Kamukunji grounds in Kibra Constituency. This will be followed by another Baraza on Friday February 10, 2023, this time in Mavoko, Machakos County,” said the Ugunja MP.
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He added: “We appeal to the public to attend these barazas and deliberate on the critical challenges facing our country. The cost of living is up and still rising but the government is doing nothing about it.”
The Raila Odinga-led party is also seeking to use the forums to push the government into including them in the constitution of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
During the Jacaranda meeting, Raila said he wants President William Ruto to resign from office because he did not win the election fairly.
“We demand that the Kenya Kwanza government resigns immediately. There can be no peace without electoral justice. The election outcome must be respected and that’s why we are saying Ruto must go,” he said.
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His presidential running mate in the 2022 polls, Martha Karua said the forums are purely about the common Kenyan, not the former prime minister.
“Ruto must go. Raila won the elections and Ruto should pack and go home. This fight is not about Raila but about you Kenyans,” she said.
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka on his part said the meetings will ensure an end to election theft.
“We will not be played with again. We will be peaceful in our meetings,” he said.
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The opposition has maintained that President Ruto did not win the elections. The polls, they have said, were bungled in his favour.
But the head of state who has been in office for less than five months has said that demos will not deter him from carrying out his mandate.
He also asserted that there was no way Raila beat him in August.
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