President William Ruto has stated that if referring to azimio la Umoja coalition leader Raila Odinga as a brother' will help stop anti-government protests, he will do so many times over.
During an Iftar dinner with the Muslim community at State House on Monday night, he stated that the protests undermine the government's efforts to address the high cost of living and other concerns affecting Kenyans.
If employing a friendly phrase would stop his political struggle with Raila, President Ruto said he would keep pounding the nail until peace was reinstated.
While reflecting on the previous anti-government riots, President Ruth Siada stated that he was asking his brother Raila Odinga to put down the protests because they were destroying people's property and businesses and causing a lot of bloodsheds.
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He added that calling Raila Odinga his brother is what will help him to stop the protests and the chaos so that people's businesses do not get damaged, then he will call him his brother' ten times more, and he will even add my dear brother.
The Head of State said that if political squabbles continue, Kenya will not be able to make progress in providing a suitable climate for Kenyans to run their enterprises.
ruto said that they want peace and calm in the country so that they concentrate on essential things, planning the economy, agriculture, creating jobs and other important things to our citizens
Kama kumuita Raila Odinga ‘my brother’ ndio itasaidia awache maandamano… mimi nitamuita mara kumi, hata nitaongeza ‘my dear brother’ – President Ruto pic.twitter.com/bJVOE9Klxu
— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) April 18, 2023
azimio la Umoja coalition leaders, on the other hand, now want the government to pay the hospital bills for azimio anti-government protesters who were injured during the demos and also to compensate the owners whose properties were destroyed in the process
