Kenya Union Party leader John Lonyangapuo has said that Azimio leader Raila Odinga's anti-Ruto rallies are a misplaced agenda.
Speaking on Wednesday, Lonyangapuo said that Raila has not identified the main problem to protest against.
He said that it is unfair to make people pause their lives to protest instead of working to fend for their families.
"Azimio is calling for anti-Ruto protest rallies and to me, this is a misplaced agenda, Is it Ruto that is the problem or what is the problem? How IEBC members are being removed was the problem suddenly it has changed to something else," he said on Citizen TV.
He said that elected leaders irrespective of their political affiliation, have the mandate to lead the country and therefore should be given a chance.
Lonyangapuo said that Azimio should strategise by calling all the parties affiliated with the coalition to discuss and come out with a way forward.
On Tuesday, KUP party distanced itself from Azimio consultative meetings.
Lonyangapuo said that Azimio affiliate parties were not consulted.
"We have come out to dissociate ourselves with the approach that is being introduced now where in our Azimio coalition there was no consultation," he said.
Lonyangapuo said that there are better ways of airing grievances rather than causing a threat to democracy.
"The Azimio coalition represents the greatest threat to democracy, the rule of law, and national cohesion in our nation's recent history,” he said.
"Arising thereof, today we lay bare the instrument that was meant to hold the coalition together and to guide our path forward so that Kenyans may see the deceitful nature of the current arrangement."
However, Pokot South MP David Pkosing dismissed assertions by Lonyangapuo that the KUP had abandoned Azimio.
The lawmaker, who is the deputy party leader, said the assertions by the former West Pokot governor were his personal view.
“The party is not leaving Azimio any time soon. Whatever the former governor said is his view, which is allowed by our democratic principles,” the lawmaker told the Star on Tuesday.
He was responding to Lonyangapuo sentiments that the rallies planned by Azimio leader Raila Odinga were a big threat to the country’s constitutional democracy.
