Wednesday, February 9, 2022 – ODM Leader Raila Odinga has called out the UDA Party for dragging his Azimio La Umoja into a verbal exchange between Deputy President William Ruto and the Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary-General, Francis Atwoli.
In a statement yesterday, Raila, through the Azimio La Umoja Press Secretary, Dennis Onsarigo, told off the UDA party for involving him and his Azimio La Umoja in a war of words he was not part of.
He noted that the earlier statement released by Ruto’s Press Secretary Hussein Mohammed was aimed at blaming the outfit for the non-existent violence.
According to Onsarigo, the comments made by UDA were part of a bigger scheme aimed at rejecting the August 9 election results.
“We keep reading an emerging narrative by a political formation that has sensed defeat.
“The group is planning to reject results at the August polls, and all they are doing is inflame passions and incite communities against each other,” read the statement in part.
“The group is out to seek an alibi for their planned action after losing in the August polls.
“The merchants of violence and intimidation in this country are known; there is a dangerous plot by the same group to force Kenyans to vote for it, and its candidates or face unspecified consequences.”
Raila’s movement further called out UDA for making sentiments in public rallies that are aimed at dividing the nation ahead of the polls.
“The sentiments emerging from their public rallies and private functions are full of violent and destructive language.
“They are also determined to undermine the sovereignty of the Kenyan nation and its people by capturing power through any including unconstitutional means,” the statement read.
Hussein, in his statement, claimed that Azimio La Umoja was using a sensitive issue to gain political mileage, adding that it had made elections a matter of life and death.
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