Lawyer Miguna Miguna has penned what he terms "free advise" to the Kenya Kwanza government on how to counter and end renewed street protests by the Azimio la Umoja coalition.
His advice comes a day after Azimio leader Raila Odinga led his supporters in launching civil disobedience against President William Ruto's regime at the historic Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi.
Raila launched a 10 million signature collection drive at the rally attended by multitudes of his supporters in what he said marked the onset of the process to 'remove' Ruto from office over his failure to lower the cost of living and for introducing punitive taxes.
Miguna listed two ways in which he believes that once employed by Ruto will cripple the opposition's drive to hold protests against his administration.
"Institute a Credible Judicial Inquiry on State Capture. All the people organizing maandamano (protests) will be busy hiring lawyers and preparing to appear before the Inquiry," Miguna said on Saturday via a statement on Twitter.
The outspoken lawyer further said the President should close all revenue streams from 'stolen funds' which he claimed, without proof, were being used to fund the demos.
"Start the process of repatriating looted funds. The maandamano funding taps will dry up instantaneously. Thank me later," he said.
Ruto and Raila have previously exchanged barbs and accused each other of instituting State capture.
Raila in November 2022 accused Ruto's administration of capturing institutions and inflicting injustice on members of the public including the four former IEBC commissioners.
"The capture is now being attended to by the two houses of Parliament. Swiftly Kenyans are being turned into being passive by-standers in the affairs with grave implications for our unity, stability and governance as a nation," he said.
In the run-up to the August polls, Ruto said he had "every intention of dealing with State capture" which had been instituted by the handshake regime that Raila was part of once he ascended to power.
In an interview with Reuters just 18 days before the polls, Ruto, then serving as DP, claimed that corruption had been absorbed into government and that state policies were being used to facilitate the theft of public funds.
"We have no intention of prosecuting President Uhuru Kenyatta, but we have every intention of dealing with State capture. It cannot be business as usual," he said.
Ruto appeared to be reading from the same script as Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua who had days before on July 19, 2022, spoken about going after those behind State capture once they ascend to power.
"We will not go after individuals. We will go after all those in state capture and conflict of interest,” Gachagua said during the deputy presidential debate.