Azimio la Umoja Coalition made another move to frustrate President William Ruto’s government.
Speaking to the media on Tuesday, January, 31 Jubilee Secretary General Jeremiah Kioni announced that they were looking forward to increasing the number of Azimio rallies despite receiving criticism from the government.
“We in Azimio will continue holding rallies in this country, next weekend we will be at Kibera, the other weekend at Machakos, and in the course of time, we will start having those rallies in between the week,” he stated.
He further added that their mission was not to cause chaos but to address the promises the Kwenya Kwanza government had made to Kenyans.
“Since they came to power we have seen prices of foodstuff go up, electricity has gone up by over 30 per cent, sugar up by over 21 per cent, potatoes up by over 41 per cent and transportation cost has become unaffordable,” he indicated.
With regards to the transport sector, Kioni noted that a number of matatus had been withdrawn from the roads because people could no longer afford the fare being reasonably charged by matatus owners.
He further urged Ruto to look for better ways to serve Kenyans with lies as they were tired and could no longer fall for them.
“This issue of telling Kenyans lies is an old tactic that used to work before the era we are in today. In the era of social media, they should come up with a new way of lying to Kenyans,” he highlighted.
The former Ndaragwa Member of Parliament added that the opposition would no longer sit and watch the country being led to a den of debts.
“How can you borrow Ksh500 billion in three months when there is no project going on in the country? We will not allow you,” he challenged Ruto.
Kioni's remarks came after Ruto's attack on former Head of State Uhuru Kenyatta over his role in Azimio rallies and tax evasion.
In a veiled attack on his predecessor, the president warned a section of Kenyans whom he accused of evading taxes and sponsoring demonstrations led by Azimio leader Raila Odinga.
However, the former president responded to the claims of tax evasion by Kenya Kwanza politicians led by President Ruto.
"Don't worry about these people who are making noise, people who have nothing else to do will always make noise. That's life. We'll mind our business," Uhuru stated.
