The government is allegedly trying to distance itself from the world community, according to the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition.
From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a letter to the world community painted Azimio La Umoja as a violent party out to disrupt and cause havoc, according to a statement from Azimio Party spokeswoman Makau Mutua dated March 22.
The letter attempted to rationalize the police brutality against nonviolent protesters on Monday and sought to portray Azimio La Umoja One Kenya as a violent party bent on subversion and disruption, according to the letter, which can only be defined as a screed of shameless propaganda.
"We acknowledge the letter as a clumsy attempt by the Kenya Kwanza illegitimate regime to turn the world against Azimio La Umoja and its current campaign to hold Mr. William Ruto and his regime accountable," the letter reads.
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In the statement, Mutua denied the accusations, arguing that the party's protest was constitutionally permitted and that Kenyans have a right to peaceful assembly and demonstration.
He said that the violence, which resulted in multiple fatalities and injuries and damage to the cars Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka was driving, was started by the police.
He added that some of their leaders had been detained or prevented from leaving their residences.
He added, "Mr. Ruto panicked when he realized the world is very worried that he carelessly, callously, and ruthlessly utilized the police to suppress people and prevent them from expressing their constitutional rights."
He "bears full responsibility for these crimes."
Additionally, he asserted that the government had taken control of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, the Director of Public Prosecutions' office, and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission and that serious cases, including some involving murder and grand corruption, had been dropped against members of the regime.
Mutua claimed that the administration targeted and persecuted people it believed to have ties to the previous regime or Azimio La Umoja.
To seize power again in 2027, he further charged that the government was attempting to establish its own IEBC.
The letter responded to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs request that the International Community consider imposing sanctions against Raila Odinga, the leader of Azimio La Umoja One Kenya, and other leaders in the wake of Monday's protests.
The letter arrived the day after Odinga declared that in response to "popular demand," anti-government demonstrations would now occur twice weekly on Mondays and Thursdays.
The Ministry said the leaders intended to undermine the nation's peace and security in a letter sent to diplomatic missions stationed in Nairobi, UN agencies, and other international organizations.
According to the Ministry, the opposition leader Odinga has been using his well-known method of operation since 1997 to compel extra-constitutional political settlements for his egotistical gain.
The Ministry claims Odinga's large protest and threats to attack the State House constitute treason.
The statement read, "Whereas the opposition leader's call for nationwide protests is insensitive at a time when the new government is working hard to revive the economy and has only been in power for six months, Mr. Oding's encouragement of protestors to storm State House installations, including the nation's seat of the presidency, is outright callous, bordering on treason."
The National Police Service (NPS) will continue to be attentive "to avoid the weaponization of protests for illegitimate ends," the Ministry promised.
The Ministry urged the diplomatic missions stationed in Nairobi, the United Nations Organizations, and other international organizations to be watchful in supporting the punishment of any behaviour harmful to the nation's peace and security.
