Raila Odinga, leader of the Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition, launches a countrywide mass action against the Kenya Kwanza government.
Speaking on Thursday, after the 14-day ultimatum the coalition gave President William Ruto's administration to lower the cost of living expired, the former prime minister said the current regime had fallen short of living up to its promises Kenyans should band together to resist it.
"We begin telling Ruto and Gachagua that we understand that a caring government cannot emerge from an illegitimate regime like Kenya Kwanza. Begin telling them that we have no more patience with an illegitimate regime that is too mean-spirited and too incompetent to deploy resources to out war of poverty and suffering of our people," he said.
"We have no more patience...we begin telling them that we can't keep living on false promises and that when we keep taking painkillers long enough, you will cease killing the pain..." the azimio leader added.
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The Azimio chief invited citizens to a nationwide rally on Monday, March 20, 2023, during which he would lead a resistance match against the ruto's administration.
"Wherever we are at every corner of the country, we shall finally converge in Nairobi. On March 20 2023, we have a date with destiny in Nairobi," he said.
"On that day, our supporters throughout the country shall stage a massive procession in Nairobi for a legitimate and inclusive movement, save that date. The movement for the defence of democracy has now started." Odinga added.
Odinga went on to say that the mass action is a peaceful "defiance" against the government, with the ultimate goal of streamlining service delivery across the board and protecting the interests of ordinary kenyans.
The former prime minister invited public and private employees, students, and members who shared his beliefs to participate in the demonstrations.
