A town hall meeting scheduled for Thursday, April 20, in Murang'a County by the Azimio la Umoja Coalition has been cancelled.
Murang'a police commander David Mathiu turned down Azimio's request to hold the meeting, claiming that police were already deployed elsewhere and needed more time to prepare.
According to Mathieu, a notification must be submitted four days in advance, and Azimio delivered it on Tuesday, two days before their scheduled meeting. As a result, the conference will be cancelled.
Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka, Martha Karua, George Wajackoyah, Mwangi wa Iria, and Jeremiah Kioni were scheduled to attend the town hall gathering.
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On Tuesday, the former Murang'a governor appeared at the Murang'a police station to deliver the notice, stating that the meeting would be strictly an engagement forum between the leaders and the citizens, with the significant objective of demanding inclusion in the administration.
The event would be Azimio's first town hall meeting in the Mt. Kenya region, coming only days after another in Nairobi on April 13.
Parties invited to the summit included trade unions, farmers' associations, small enterprises, civil society organizations, veterans, human rights campaigners, intellectuals, and faith-based organizations.
