Raila Odinga, the head of the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party, has now claimed that an assassination attempt was made on him during Thursday's anti-government demonstrations in Nairobi.
In a press conference in Karen, the opposition leader claimed his vehicle had been fired seven times with live bullets in what he thinks was a direct attempt to kill him.
As a result, Raila Odinga lashed out at the kenya kwanza government, accusing it of reverting the country to pre-colonial times through attacks on peaceful protesters simply exercising their rights.
"We condemn in the strongest terms possible what has happened today. Today is a very sad day in the history of this country. This shows that we're degenerating into the colonial stage, where lives of Africans did not matter at all, because there's no reason why police should use this kind of force against unarmed citizens who are merely exercising their democratic rights," he said.
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"My own car was hit seven times with live bullets, and the direction of the bullets were all aimed at me. These people have been threatening and blackmailing us, unfortunately the friends of this country are not helping. Look at the statement released by some ambassador based here, you would think that they live in a different country; they're actually adding fuel to this conflict, instead of being independent and neutral arbiters." he added.
The former Prime Minister also denounced attacks on the press witnessed during Thursday's protests, in which at least four journalists from various media outlets, including Citizen TV, were allegedly brutalised by both goons and police officers while covering the demonstrations.
"It is very unfortunate that in the whole of these skirmishes, the media is being targeted for attack. The other day and today, several journalists have been injured," he said.
"We also had information that they were planning to attack Uhuru's farm, business, and residences."Odinga
