Azimio leader Raila Odinga has announced that the coalition will resume anti-government protests after Ramadhan.
While addressing his supporters at Ufangamano House, Raila, warned that Azimio had not yet agreed to be part of the negotiations, arguing that the government would not bulldoze them.
The Opposition leader said the coalition supports ongoing talks but will hold demos as dialogue proceeds.
“Do we agree that mass action and negotiations should go hand in hand?” Raila asked the Ufungamano crowd.
“Immediately after the Ramadhan, I will announce when the countrywide mass actions will return,” Raila assured, adding that the negotiations will go hand in hand with the protests.
Odinga was under pressure to resume countrywide mass action due to President William Ruto’s lack of seriousness in addressing opposition grievances,
Suba Churchill, a member of civil society, expressed his desire for the mass action to resume immediately after the Ramadhan celebration.
“The people observed worrying signs of lack of seriousness from the Kenya Kwanzaregime to an honest, inclusive and credible process of national dialogue and have called on the Azimio leadership to immediately resume maandamano immediately after the end of Ramadhan,” Churchill stated while reading the Draft Resolutions of the Consultative Forum held at Ufungamano House.
Azimio also stated that bipartisan talks (National Dialogue) will take place quickly, without undue delay, and will be completed within thirty days.
Nonetheless, pro-government leaders dared Azimio to continue protesting, adamant that they would not be coerced into giving in to opposition demands.
