Raila, Kalonzo Security Withdrawn, Says Jeremiah Kioni

Raila, Kalonzo Security Withdrawn, Says Jeremiah Kioni

Embattled Jubilee Secretary-General Jeremiah Kioni has revealed that security details for Azimio la Umoja leaders Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka have been withdrawn. 

Kioni said on Monday that the move is a political tactic to prevent the Azimio la Umoja Coalition from organizing mass demonstrations. He criticized the government for blaming others instead of finding solutions to the high cost of living. Kioni blasted President William Ruto's clarion call to his MPs to prevent the protests in their constituencies. 

During a Twitter Space session, Kioni claimed that a hotel in Eldoret is being used as a training ground for a special operations unit by the police. According to Kioni, the opposition allegedly received intel from police officers who did not want to participate in the protests. Azimio leader Raila Odinga on Monday stated that the planned protests on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday will proceed as scheduled. 

"Yesterday, I was called by a supporter in Eldoret and he told me of a hotel which is being used to train these officers during demonstrations. At the time, they were about 200 but now they have increased. Some of the people in that unit were recalled from Special Services Unit (SSU)," Kioni said. 

Raila's assertion comes after High Court technically declined to stop the planned protests. Martin Gitau, a businessman, had gone to court with the help of lawyer Adrian Kamotho to try and halt the planned mass protests announced by Raila. However, Justice Lawrence Mugambi on Monday ordered that the application and petition be submitted in the next three days with responses to follow within ten days. The hearing has been scheduled for July 21, where further directions will be given. 
 

Comments

Imara - Suluhisho (not verified)     Mon, 07/17/2023 @ 06:12pm

MWANAFUNZI WA SIASA MBOVU ZA TOROITICH NDUGU SAMOEI AMESHINDWA NA KAZI KABISA>

1, Wakati shamba la Uhuru Ngina Kamau lilipochomwa na kondoo kuibiwa, hakuna jambo lolote lililotukia.

2. Wakati watu walipochomewa katika kanisa la Kiambaa huko Eldoret 2007, hakuna jambo lolote lililotukia.

3. Wakati Samoei alipowarushia watoto vitoa machozi shuleni, hakuna jambo lolote lililotukia.

4. Wakati Samoei alipoiba shamba la Muteshi, hakuna jambo lolote lililotukia.

5. Wakati Samoei alipoendelea na masomo alipokuwa makamu wa rais mpaka akapata shahada yake ya uzamivu, hakuna kitu chochote kilichotukia.

6. Wakati Samoei alipomfanya mwanafunzi wa Chuo Kikuu MIMBA na huku anasema ni mfuasi wa dini ya Kiyahudi ya mwanawe Mariamu, hakuna jambo lolote lililotukia;
7. Wakati Samoei alipotangatanga kwa muda wa miaka mitano na kwenda makanisani na kutoa hongho kila Jumapili kutafuta kura, hakuna jambo lolote lililotukia.
8, Wakati Samoei na Jirongo walipowahonga wananchi ili Toroitich achaguliwe tena 1992 na kuendelea kuharibu uchumi wa nchi, hakuna jambo lolote lililotukia.
9. Wakati Wafula Chebukati alipomsaidia kugombea uchaguzi kinyume cha Mlango wa sita wa katiba kutokana na tabia zake mbovu alizofanya hapo mapema, hakuna kitu chochote kilichotukia.
10. Wakati Samoei alipowatuma askari kwenda kuwaua watu 23 wiki iliyopita walipofanya maandamano kulingana na vile katiba ya Kenya inavyoruhusu wananchi, hakuna kitu chochote kilichompata

11. Wakati ilipojulikana ya kwamba Oscar Sudi hakuendelea zaidi ya darasa la saba katika masomo yake, hakuna jambo lolote lilitendeka

12. Wakati Samoei alipowachagua na kuwapa watu kutoka mataifa mawili ya Kenya kazi kwenye nchi iliyo na mataifa madogo 70, hakuna jambo lolote lililotukia.

WAKATI SASA UMEFIKA WA WANANCHI WAMWAMBIE SAMOEI ARUDI SUGOI KUENDELEA NA KAZI YAKE YA ZAMANI YA KUUZA KUKU NA MAYAI.

AMESHINDWA NA KAZI. HAFAI KUENDELEA KUKAA KATIKA JUMBA LETU LA TAIFA NA KUYAPORA MALI YA UMMA KAMA ALIVYOFANYA TANGU 1992,

Juju (not verified)     Mon, 07/17/2023 @ 06:54pm

These kriminos shouldn’t be accorded taxpayer money in order to commit crimes against taxpayers! It’s backwardness! The kriminos should employ private security going forward so that security agencies can deal with the kriminos along with their henchmen!!!

Menye (not verified)     Mon, 07/17/2023 @ 11:26pm

Do terrorists need security guards to destroy private/public property?How can taxpayers fund murderers on mission to kill them?Why can’t they be killed to stop more massacre of innocent Kenyans?

Imara - Suluhisho (not verified)     Mon, 07/17/2023 @ 11:27pm

Kithure Kindiki, Rigathi, Samoei, and Muturi should consult the former president Uhuru Ngina Kamau about how he tamed the police and asked them to stay away from public meetings.
When Miguna Miguna administered the oath of office to the peoples president Raila, there wasn't one police officer present at the swearing in ceremony. Guess what! There was no violence, or any damage to peoples properties the entire day.

Samoei should learn from Uhuru that the presence of the police in public meetings creates an atmosphere conducive to harassment when the people are not allowed to demonstrate peacefully.
Samoei, Muturi, Rigathi, and Kindiki should be held responsible for the Moi-type-of dictatorship that is slowly being returned back to Kenya a few years since Toroitich died.
Samoei, and Rigathi: please look at the way the current President of the USA, Joe Biden is handling the former president Donald Trump. He does not send the police to harass his meetings or his followers.

Stop embarrassing Kenyans by sending police to create a climate where citizens feel cornered and are ready to defend themselves.
Please reread the New Kenyan Constitution and apply the "Critical Thinking Skills" and see how President Biden is handling public demonstrations ran by a former and current presidential rival Donald Trump.

ENN Mwangi (not verified)     Tue, 07/18/2023 @ 03:40pm

After reading so much about what the legislators seem to be entitled to, including after losing their seats, raises so many questions for me:
1. Why do the retired legislators require security that is not availed to anyone else given that they are responsible for making sure government services(law enforcement) are provided to citizens according to the law? Are they a class of higher human beings than those they represent?
2. Why do we provide free retirement and such perks as security for legislators even if they serve for 5 or fewer years? Most retirement schemes in most countries require at least 10 years of participatory eligibility.
3. Why are our legislators paid the highest wages even compared to most developed countries yet they spend very little time performing their duties? The majority of them are hardly available to the citizens they represent or attend legislative sessions or participate in the sessions when available. Are these not the key responsibilities for which they are elected and paid for?

I could continue with the list but unfortunately, that may be an exercise in futility since the majority of the 45 million they represent do not probably see anything wrong in every one of these issues.

mteja (not verified)     Tue, 07/18/2023 @ 08:41pm

What kind of democracies do these demagogues talk about if they can't even respect the rule of law? They do not really deserve taxpayer funded security detail
Bure kabisa.

Imara - Suluhisho (not verified)     Wed, 07/19/2023 @ 06:56am

Aliyekuwa Mjumbe wa bunge wa Nandi, Ndugu X Keter na pia aliyekuwa Rais wa Kenya, Ndugu Uhuru Ngina Kamau, wote waliwaonya waKenya wasimpigie kura ya urais Samoei mwaka uliopita.
WaSwahili husema:
“Asiyesikia la wakuu, mwisho huvunjika guu.”
Sasa waKenya watakiona cha mtema kuni.

SimamaImara (not verified)     Thu, 07/20/2023 @ 11:17pm

26 dead protesting for these first class goons, many injured, millions of losses in arson and closure of biz. What are these super criminals saying?

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