‘We will mobilize all resources, no one should blame me’: Ruto warns ahead of Azimio demos
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President William Ruto speaks in Kanyipir, Homa Bay County, during the thanksgiving ceremony of Interior PS Raymond Omollo on July 15, 2023. PHOTO | COURTESY
President William Ruto now says
his administration will not allow the opposition to hide behind the
constitutional provisions on demonstrations to destroy livelihood and property.
President Ruto said the government will not continue
watching a few individuals take advantage of the constitutional provisions to
cause anarchy and kill the economy and business of Kenyans in the name of
protests.
Speaking at Oriwo Boys High School in Karachuonyo
Constituency during the thanksgiving ceremony of Interior Principal Secretary
Raymond Omollo, the Head of State reiterated that the government is going to
mobilize available resources to protect the lives of Kenyans.
“We are going to have a candid conversation
about what amounts to the demonstration because we cannot continue to use the
excuse of demos to destroy public or private property, businesses, to cause
mayhem and anarchy; that is not what the Constitution of Kenya envisaged,” he
said.
“Siasa inaendeshawa na sera, sio maandamano.
I want to reassure Kenyans that we will mobilize every resource to protect the
property, lives and interests of every Kenyan as we go forward."
The President, who was accompanied by his
deputy Rigathi Gachagua and other senior government officials and elected
leaders, said the country needs to have national conversations on how
demonstrations should be conducted to stop destroying the economy of the
country.
"As a
nation, we must forge unity of purpose and agree that it is not going to be
business as usual and we are not going to use certain provisions of the Constitution
to destroy property and cause mayhem; the same Constitution mandates government
protect lives and property and interests of all other Kenyans," he said.
He warned the Raila Odinga-led opposition Azimio
la Umoja One Kenya coalition party to prepare for a tough war ahead of their
planned three-day demonstrations next week.
"I
respect everyone and no one should blame me when I begin doing my work. Nitafanya
kazi yangu kwa bidii tena," the president noted.
"Or
else, we must have a conversation to understand want is maandamano."
Ruto assured Kenyans that there will be no
demonstrations next week, adding that the perpetrators are merely using the
protests to pursue their own selfish interests at the expense of Kenyans.
Interior
Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kithure Kindiki, who was also present, reiterated that
he will not allow national security to be compromised by demonstrations marred
with violence and destruction of property by some few individuals who are
pursuing their own selfish gains.
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