Opposition Leader Raila Odinga accused Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Thursday, March 23, of organising a secret meeting at his Karen residence to disrupt opposition protests.
Raila claimed that the meeting was attended by National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah and Kiharu Member of Parliament Ndindi Nyoro in a press conference.
Raila claims that Gachagua invited several youths to the meeting and instructed them to act as counter-demonstrators during the upcoming Monday protests.
Raila also claimed that the youth would be given uniforms similar to those won by his supporters under the banner of the Movement for the Defense of Democracy (MDD), allowing them to join the movement without being detected.
“We have very authentic information that on Tuesday evening, Mr Rigathi Gachagua convened a meeting at his residence in Karen and in attendance were Kimani Ichungwah and Ndindi Nyoro. They invited youth from different parts of the country to that meeting.
“That meeting turned out to be a strategy session to plan to counter the demonstrators on Monday. The plan, according to the information we have, is that these youth are going to be given uniforms similar to those of the MDD, our movement. Then they will mix with our youth and accompany them throughout the demonstrations,” stated the former Prime Minister.
According to Raila, the youth were instructed to kill over 1000 people during the protests in order to provide justification for the trial of the arrested Azimio members of Parliament before the International Criminal Court (ICC).
“They will shoot, stone, knife and aim is to kill over 1000 people and then they are going to make a case that there is a blood bath and they will try to send those who are leaders of Azimio to ICC,” added Raila.
The Azimio leader insisted that the movement intended to protest peacefully, and that the deputy president’s plans to cause chaos would fail.
“We want to condemn in the strongest terms protests this criminal plan by these people to try and cause bloodshed in our country. We have said that we are a peaceful movement and we don’t want any bloodshed,” added Raila.
