- Gachagua maintained that Raila will not succeed in intimidating President William Ruto.
- Azimio has however assured that the planned mass action against the Kenya Kwanza government will be peaceful.
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Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has told Kenyans to ignore calls by Azimio leader Raila Odinga to treat Monday as a public holiday and participate in mass action.
Speaking at Kianyaga Boys High School in Kirinyaga on Saturday, Gachagua told Kenyans to go about with their normal businesses on Monday.
He assured Kenyans, particularly those who will be around Nairobi’s Central Business District, that security agencies will be on high alert to counter any acts of lawlessness from protesters.
“The people who are sponsoring Mzee should stop living in denial. The Mzee lost, there is nothing they can do,” he stated.
The DP said Raila has been organising such demonstration after every election in four election cycles.
“It has been the script in the last four years. This time round it cannot work,” Gachagua said.
He maintained that Raila will not succeed in intimidating President William Ruto.
“William Ruto and I are people who cannot be intimidated. He managed to intimidate Uhuru but we want to tell him it cannot happen with Ruto,” he stated.
Azimio has, however, assured that the planned mass action against the Kenya Kwanza government will be peaceful.
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has affirmed that all protests by the Opposition outfit to denounce government excesses and non-delivery of campaign promises will not involve acts of lawlessness.
The Opposition has since written to the police in Nairobi to notify them of Monday’s mass action.
The letter dated March 17, 2023 was addressed to the Officer Commanding Station, Central Police Station, Nairobi.
“We notify you that on Monday, March 20, 2023, we will be holding a procession within the Nairobi metropolitan area,” the letter said.