Raila to Ruto: Rule of law must prevail, not your jungle

Azimio leader Raila Odinga has hit back at President William Ruto telling him that the law must be followed in the ouster of IEBC commissioners.

The opposition chief warned Ruto that he will not relent in pushing for fairness and justice in the removal of the embattled four IEBC commissioners.

"There is due process and natural justice, things aren't just done at the whims of the executive. The rule of law must prevail and not your jungle laws that you want to institute so as to subjugate Kenyans to a conveyor belt system of elections come 2027. We shall not relent," he said.

Raila was responding to President Ruto's statement that he was defending "rogue" IEBC officials who tried to subvert the democratic rule of the people.

"The lords of impunity, who destroyed oversight institutions using the handshake fraud, should allow parliament to hold rogue officials who put the nation in danger by subverting the democratic will of the people to be held to account," Twitted Ruto.

Ruto said Parliament should be allowed to proceed with  the ongoing inquiry into the conduct of the four "rogue" commissioners.

The commissioners are Juliana Cherera, Francis Wanderi, Justus Nyang'aya and Irene Masit

Raila had on Thursday urged the four commissioners to boycott the parliamentary hearings in the " interests of constitutionalism and rule of Law"

He claimed that Ruto was on a revenge mission against the four commissioners whom he described as patriotic for opposing their Chairman Wafula Chebukati.

Suna East MP Junet Mohamed also weighed in the matter saying that Ruto should focus on emerging issues affecting the country instead of settling political scores. 

"A country experiencing unprecedented drought and hunger, millions of children out of school, millions of young people out of work, crimes surging in urban areas," he said.

"Your policy failures leading to high cost of living, shouldn't waste public resources settling petty political scores."