Raila: President Uhuru Has Blood of Innocent Kenyans On His Hands
Opposition leader Raila Odinga has hit out at the Jubilee government and President Uhuru Kenyatta over police brutality meted on his supporters as they welcomed him back to the country following his 10-day trip to the US on Friday.
In a statement, the National Super Alliance (NASA) leader said that attempts to take Kenya back to dictatorship will be resisted.
"The world has today witnessed the use of unprecedented and unnecessary brutality by the Jubilee regime directed at a mass of humanity. I honour them for exercising their restraint against this brutality," Raila said.
"These supporters of NASA were unarmed civilians peacefully exercising their right to assembly. In a bid to bar citizens from exercising this right, the Jubilee regime used tear gas, water cannons, armed militia and live bullets to disperse supporters of the National Super Alliance, in the process killing several and maiming many."
Raila said that President Uhuru should be held responsible for what happened on Friday, saying that he has the blood of innocent Kenyans on his hands.
"This is a reckless, insensitive and primitive response to a crisis Uhuru Kenyatta himself has created. But it has been carefully planned by Jubilee to create an atmosphere of fear and chaos in which the Supreme Court has to make its ruling. NASA strongly condemns what has happened today, that is becoming a pattern in our country. We hold President Uhuru Kenyatta and his illegitimate regime responsible for this absurd and unfortunate turn of events. The President has the blood of innocent Kenyans on his hands," saud Raila.
"We condemn, equally strongly, the waste of tax-payers’ money on unnecessary war by security forces and militia against innocent and law abiding citizens by a regime that is deep in debt even as it continues to borrow massive amounts of money which is crippling the economy."
He added: "Kenyans are sending a clear message to President Uhuru Kenyatta and all backers of his illegitimate hold on to power that autocracy and stolen elections cannot deliver stability. A third Republic is at hand and no amount of violence, intimidation and theft of elections will deter Kenyans from realizing their dream of a government that has their popular mandate."