Raila's midnight ultimatum can birth new dawn – Kabando

"Only and only if Raila focuses not on his personal travails but welfare of desperate hustlers."

In Summary

• Raila's 14-day ultimatum for President William Ruto and his administration to lower the cost of living or face mass action expires at midnight on Wednesday. 

• Kabando believes if what Raila is pushing for is for the good of all Kenyans and not a quest for individual gain, it will birth a new order.

Former Mukurwe-ini MP Kabando wa Kabando.
Former Mukurwe-ini MP Kabando wa Kabando.
Image: FILE

Former Mukurwe-ini MP Kabando wa Kabando has touted Azimio leader Raila Odinga's ultimatum to the Kenya Kwanza regime as one that can catapult the country to a new dawn.

Raila's 14-day ultimatum for President William Ruto and his administration to lower the cost of living or face mass action expires at midnight on Wednesday. 

Kabando believes if what Raila is pushing for is for the good of all Kenyans and not a quest for individual gain, it will birth a new order.

"Raila's midnight ultimatum can put Kenya on a new political threshold, a new dispensation - new trenches - only and only if Raila focuses not on his personal travails but on the broader agenda for the welfare of deceived, disenchanted and desperate hustlers. Things Fall Apart," the former legislator said in a series of statements on Twitter.

Raila and his Azimio brigade have vowed to mount pressure on Ruto's government until they act and save Kenyans from hard economic times.

In a statement on Wednesday, hours before the 14-day ultimatum lapses, Azimio said they will in the coming days rally Kenyans to storm government offices and demand answers.

"When will prices of essential commodities come down? What is the plan? Can the plan be shared with Kenyans," Azimio leaders said during a press conference at Chungwa House.

The leaders said Kenyans don't pay the government for it to tell them where things went wrong or who is responsible.

They said Kenyans already know where the problem is and do not need Cabinet secretaries and Permanent secretaries to tell them.

"We want answers and if they do not come in the next few days, we will have no option but to lead our supporters into these offices for answers. We will follow these officers anywhere and everywhere for answers and not warnings," they said.

The government appeared to have braced itself for a confrontation with Azimio supporters as the midnight ultimatum for mass action drew closer.

Police officers in Kisumu, for instance, barricaded roads leading to State Lodge on Wednesday morning.

Officers were seen manning the roadblocks and a police lorry and Land Cruiser were on standby.

Motorists, bodaboda operators and pedestrians were forced to use an alternative route.

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