Raila gives President Ruto until Monday to withdraw Finance Bill or else...

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition party leader Raila Odinga has now given President William Ruto a new deadline to rescind the heavily controversial Finance Bill, 2023 or face unspecified consequences.

Mr. Odinga, speaking on Wednesday at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Foundation Headquarters in Nairobi, said the President Ruto-led Kenya Kwanza administration has upto Monday next week to listen to the voices of Kenyans on the Bill or “face their wrath.”

The opposition chief hit out at the Head of State for what he termed as imposing undue taxes on already overburdened Kenyans, majority of whom live below a dollar a day.

Mr. Odinga accused President Ruto of “re-introducing dictatorship in the country,” which he said will not go down well with the oppressed majority.

“They (Kenya Kwanza administration) made a million promises to the people, none of those promises has been implemented and there is no indication that they will execute them,” he said.

The Azimio boss said Kenyans are tired of empty promises by the Kenya Kwanza administration, coupled with the increasing high cost of living.

“Enough is enough! We shall blow the trumpet, we will tell you what to do. That day is coming soon,” said Mr. Odinga.

The former premier was flanked by Wetlands Member of Parliament Tom Wanyonyi who donated tools of work worth Ksh.20 million under the Nairobi Youth and Women Empowerment Program.

Wanyonyi said he will be in the 2027 Nairobi gubernatorial race and that he is committed to uplifting the standards of the people of Nairobi.

“Some people have been saying that I want to shift my base to Bungoma and I want to assure them that I am a Nairobian and I am going nowhere,” he said.

Mr. Odinga vowed his support for Mr. Wanyonyi as Governor Johnson Sakaja’s replacement at City Hall during the next election cycle.