Azimio leader Raila Odinga has cautioned President William Ruto and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua after his convoy was teargassed and repulsed with water cannons in Embakasi South.
Police violently repelled the caravan, which was joined by a massive number of demonstrators, forcing the latter to flee for cover under a hail of tear gas canisters.
The incident, according to Raila through his social media, has put Kenya Kwanza's rule on an unstable foundation.
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No justification exists for the brutality that we and the residents of Pipeline have endured this afternoon!
— Raila Odinga (@RailaOdinga) March 30, 2023
Ruto & Gachagua your days are numbered & count them well! #MaandamanoThursdays pic.twitter.com/WLWOXacota
In an effort to assist the demonstrators below clean their eyes of tear gas, residents of the highrise flats in the Pipeline spilt water from their balconies.
On his part, Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna thanked the residents for the gesture hours later in a tweet.
"God bless the residents pouring water down from their highrise flats to douse us from the intense teargas," he said.
After the incident, Raila was compelled to use the Eastern Bypass as a detour before rejoining Outering Road with a large group of his followers.
The majority of Thursday afternoon was spent by the demonstrators fighting with anti-riot police while setting bonfires on the street.
Raila had informed his supporters just before they were attacked with tear gas as they were leaving Kware that not even a million police officers would stop them from marching into the Central Business District.
"Tunazunguka sasa tunaelekea kule chini halafu tunarudi huku town," he said.
"Hatuwezi kutishwa (We can't be intimidated) Hata wakiweka askari ngapi, Azimio itapita."
The demonstrations were largely peaceful with little skirmishes and it was not immediately established what triggered police to lob teargas.
