Deputy President William Ruto and Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga have taken their war to social media over the chaos witnessed at the UDA rally at Jacaranda Grounds.
DP accused the ODM leader to be the mastermind behind the chaos that rocked the event leading to the injury of five people, among them aspirant Mureithi.
While speaking at the Jacaranda event, Ruto said no amount of intimidation and stone throwing will stop the change in the country.
This didn’t end at the rally, for Ruto, who took to twitter to express his anger against Raila.
“Mr Kitendawili, the lord of violence, has done it again:Hired innocent,desperate & jobless young people,victims of his sabotage of the big4 jobs plan,to shed innocent blood in his eternal quest for power.What a shame on fathers day Mr father of violence.Freedom is coming Aug 9th.
Tolerance and peaceful co-existence are the pillars our democracy is built on. We must reject and condemn anyone who chooses violence and division as political tools. In Jacaranda grounds, Nairobi County,” Ruto tweeted.
Mr Odinga reacted telling Dr Ruto to finish his term and go, reminding him that he won’t get sympathy votes for blaming him fro his problems.
asked him to focus on his infrastructure development mandate and leave the crime docket to the government.
Letter to IEBC
The United Democratic Alliance Party has written a complaint letter to Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) following today’s events, where two factions clashed leaving two people injured.
In the letter seen by Mkenya Leo, UDA’s Secretary General Veronica Maina has cried foul over ‘abuse of national police service by Azimio Coalition’.
“Suffice it to mention, that the Jacaranda grounds were hired by our UDA MP Candidate for Embakasi East Constituency Mr. Francis Mureithi, for the sole purpose of hosting a campaign rally on 19th June, 2022.” Lamented Veronica.
She has listed nine complaints against Azimio to IEBC 50 days ahead of the general election. On Sunday morning, a contingent of anti-riot police was deployed to the grounds to avert the clash after Kenya Kwanza and Babu Owino claimed to have booked the venue.
“Our UDA Embakasi East Parliamentary Candidate reserved and paid for hire of jacaranda ground, a sum of kshs 30,000.00 on 15th June 2022. He was issued with an official acknowledgment Receipt No. 220112126302626493 dated 15th June 2022 by Nairobi County Government. This hire was specifically for use of Jacaranda Grounds on 19th June 2022. Copy of receipt is attached for ease of reference,” Noted Veronica.
According to the Secretary-General, it is common practice for the tents and sound to be set up for the event was intended to be done on the eve of 19th June 2022, but to their candidate’s shock and disbelief, the National Police Service deployed a heavy contingent of Policemen to block access and restrain him from setting up the venue in preparation for the public rally that was scheduled on Sunday, 19th June, 2022.
UDA is now calling for action to be taken against Embakasi East MP Babu Owino.
“His approach is confrontational and militant in nature and action must be taken against Babu Owino including your Commission considering disqualifying him from participating in the race. This is the only way the Commission can send a strong message to the likes of Babu Owino to desist from ever making such an ill motivated move,” noted Veronica.
