Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga claims that there was an assassination attempt on his life during Thursday’s Maandamano Demonstrations. He justifies his claims by saying his car was shot by seven live bullets.
Raila Odinga says that all seven bullets were aimed at him in an attempt to end his life.
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Odinga addressed the Karen Media and called out the Kenyan Government led by President William Ruto. Raila Odinga says that this government is taking the country back to pre-colonial times. He also called out the government for attacking peaceful demonstrators who were merely exercising their rights as Kenyans.
The Azimio La Umoja Party Leader condemned foreign nations for fueling the fire rather than trying to solve the problem at hand. At the very least they should not take sides and they should be neutral arbitrators.
“We condemn in the strongest terms possible what has happened today. Today is a very sad day in the history of this country. This shows that we’re degenerating into the colonial stage, where the lives of Africans did not matter at all because there’s no reason why police should use this kind of force against unarmed citizens who are merely exercising their democratic rights.
“My own car was hit seven times with live bullets, and the direction of the bullets were all aimed at me. These people have been threatening and blackmailing us, unfortunately, the friends of this country are not helping.
“Look at the statement released by some ambassador based here, you would think that they live in a different country; they’re actually adding fuel to this conflict, instead of being independent and neutral arbiters.” Raila Odinga said.
Raila Odinga also touched on the journalists who were attacked by both goons and police officers while covering the demonstrations that were happening. Some journalists were hospitalized due to the injuries they acquired when covering the protest and demonstrations.
“It is very unfortunate that in the whole of these skirmishes, the media is being targeted for attack. The other day and today, several journalists have been injured,” Raila Odinga said.
He also said senior government officials are allegedly planning to raid property owned by the former president of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta.
“We also had information that they were planning to attack Uhuru’s farm, business, and residences.” Raila Odinga said.
Raila Odinga continues to express his grievances saying that the dismissal of the Four IEBC commissioners was unfair and that they should be reinstated. He would also like the IEBC server to be opened so the doubts that came about during the elections to be put to rest.
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