- He said that Azimio leaders could have given the government time to respond to their grievances, instead of holding demonstrations.
- He added that mass actions should be used as a last-result tool
Image: John Kaguchia, Twitter
Mukurwe-ini MP John Kaguchia has said that Raila Odinga was just lazing around during the elections, unlike Ruto who went to the people to get votes.
Speaking in an interview with Citizen TV on Thursday, the MP claimed that Azimio leader Raila Odinga vied for an election he never wanted to win.
“Raila Odinga vied for an election that many people have said he never wanted to win. The man was lazing around, he was relaxed, he was easy,” said Kaguchia.
“Why? because in the election that they were contesting last year, he had been promised that there are other powers that usually operate behind the scenes that make people presidents in Kenya."
He added that Ruto had urged the Azimio leader to look for votes but he never bothered.
“William Samoei Ruto told them they were joking. If you want to get votes you must go to the people. Did they go to the people? Did Raila Odinga come to Nyeri? And yet he was promised 50 per cent in Nyeri,” Kaguchia said.
“But he never came there. He never bothered, he never showed up, he never got any agents. He never did anything. So the guy relaxed.”
He said that Azimio leaders could have given the government some time to respond to their grievances, instead of holding demonstrations.
“After losing the elections, he now wants to change the regime by mass action. It’s unfair, it’s not right. If mass action was anything the opposition wanted to use, they could have given this government sometime maybe two years. Then after two years say these people are not willing to fix the economy,” he said.
“But you cannot do mass action against a government that has already brought down the cost of Unga from 230 to 190 and in some cases even to 170."
He added that mass actions should be used as a last result tool.
“The law does not ask them to picket and the law does not ask them to do mass action. Mass action should be a tool of the last result,” Kaguchia said.
“If you are in a country where nobody is listening to you, nobody cares and nobody is doing anything about whatever complaints you have, at that point in time, you can have mass action as a last result.
“But you cannot have picketing and mass action against a regime that is barely in power,” he added.