Raila Odinga's planned mass action protests in the capital city hit its first hurdle on Monday, May 1, after the Jubilee faction in Nairobi declared that it would not participate in the demos.
Speaking to Kenyans.co.ke, Jubilee Nairobi Branch Chair Mark Ndung'u explained the faction would not be part of civil action that undermined the ease of doing business in the city.
Ndung'u asked the former Premier to consider calling off demonstrations and if not, guarantee the safety of businesses, especially in the central business district.
"The amount of loss incurred during the mass action protests is in the public domain. Protests undermine the ease and freedom of doing business and we will not allow that," he stated.
The former Makadara Parliamentary hopeful sent a warning to party leader, former President Uhuru Kenyatta over the destruction of property during the protests.
"We saw the real financier of the protests, Uhuru Kenyatta, who came out last week. I want to let him know that just as they have their business, mama mboga also relies on business.
"If there is any theft of property or deaths or violence, then we will march to his investments and disrupt his business," he stated.
The sentiments came hours after Odinga confirmed that the picketing exercise would go on as planned and would kick off at 6a.m on May 2.
Addressing the ban on the demonstrations by Nairobi Police boss Adamson Bungei, Raila assured that the protests would be peaceful and warned the police not to provoke his supporters.
On April 30, Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria castigated Uhuru, whom he accused of attempting to sabotage the Kenya Kwanza government.
CS Kuria threatened to lead protestors to Uhuru's Ichweri home. He called out the former head of state for particularly undermining his docket.
The Trade boss reckoned that while he spent days travelling and attending meetings to bring investors to the country, Uhuru was allegedly sponsoring protests, which discouraged them.
