United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Secretary General Cleophas Malala on Sunday revealed that the threat by the Azimio coalition to go to the streets was largely fuelled by a few leaders seeking political mileage.
Malala stated that with Azimio Leader Raila Odinga concentrating on clinching the African Union Commission chairperson position, his lieutenants were devising ways to fill the leadership vacuum.
The SG dismissed reports that the opposition would be demonstrating due to the rising cost of living.
“We have seen President William Ruto doing diplomatic shuttle to make sure Kenyans go to work abroad including Raila,” Malala explained how Kenya Kwanza was tackling the issue of cost of living.
“The issue of going back to the streets is a political strategy for them to start filling in the steps of Raila.”
Wishing his opponents all the best as they planned a wave of demos, Malala remarked that the majority of Kenyans would not join the protests.
He explained that due to interventions like subsidised fertiliser, Kenyans would be busy on their farms and would not avail themselves for the picketing.
Malala repeated sentiments made by the Executive that they had inherited a run-down economy from former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
As such, when they came into power, the cost of basic goods and services was high making it easy for Kenyans to join the opposition-organised protests.
The former Kakamega senator remarked that now Kenyans were settled as the cost of living had considerably gone down.
“We found this country when it was in dungeons. When they went to the streets unga was at Ksh263, now it is retailing at Ksh98,” he revealed.
He added that while Azimio continued to plan for protests, Kenya Kwanza would continue working on delivering its manifesto as promised during the campaigns.
“They have been in the streets since independence and Kenya has been there and it will be there,” he spoke of Azimio.
