The Raila Odinga-led Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party's Central Committee has endorsed the youth-led protest saying the fall of the Finance Bill signaled a no-confidence vote on the Kenya Kwanza Alliance regime.
The Raila Odinga-led Orange Democratic Movement party's Central Committee has endorsed the youth-led protest saying the fall of the Finance Bill signaled a no-confidence vote on the Kenya Kwanza Alliance regime.
In a statement read by ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna, the party intimated that the withdrawal of the Bill having concluded its legislative process in the National Assembly showed how President William Ruto's administration has lost touch with the electorate. Even though they acknowledged support of credible austerity measures in the executive and parliament, they maintained that corruption must be nipped in the bud.
ODM maintained that the Kenya Kwanza Regime must take full responsibility for all the deaths, injuries, and destruction of property arising from the violent suppression of peaceful protests."That Independent Police Oversight Authority expedites investigations into all these incidents, including allegations of mass murder by police in Githurai and Rongai. We were shocked to watch the president claim live on television that only one life was lost.
Uasin Gishu reported 4 fatalies while Nakuru, Kajiado and Mombasa reported 3 deaths each. Kisumu had 2 deaths related to the chaos.Additionally, the commission indicated there were 32 cases of involuntary disappearances and 627 instances of arrests of protestors.
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