•Last month, Raila chided the government over the move to privatise Kenya Pipeline Corporation
•Just this week, Raila said a more intense push against the unpopular policies of the government will be witnessed after the festivities
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Azimio coalition leader Raila Odinga has dismissed claims that the opposition has slept on its job.
Speaking during an interview on Citizen TV on Wednesday, Raila said the opposition has been at the forefront of speaking out on the various issues which have affected the country.
Raila further emphasized that, as the opposition, their primary role is to highlight the shortcomings in the government.
For instance, he pointed out that they have been vocal about critical issues such as the soaring cost of living, the alarming oil scandal, the privatization of state-owned enterprises, and various instances of corruption within the government.
“I don’t think it is correct to say that the opposition is quiet, we have been talking on most of these issues that happen here, there is nothing that goes wrong here and we keep quiet,” Raila said.
“We talked about these scandals which have been coming up here; we talked about oil scandal, we talked about sale of state corporations, we have talked about corruption, we are not quiet, I don’t know what is expected of us to do,” the opposition chief said.
He, however, expressed disappointment on behalf of the opposition, highlighting that some of the demands they had presented remain unmet.
Raila pointed out that instead of addressing their concerns, their demands were met with what he described as 'resistance and arrogance.' This disappointment comes despite their initial optimism at the beginning of the year, aspiring to achieve significant reforms and changes.
“We ourselves as the opposition feel very let down in this period because we started this year with the hope that we will be able to achieve certain reforms and changes,” Raila said.
He added: “We started making those demands but those demands were never met, there was a lot of resistance and arrogance in responding to the demands that we were making.”
Last month, Raila chided the government over the move to privatise Kenya Pipeline Corporation.
KPC is among 11 state corporations the government has lined up for privatisation.
Just this week, Raila said a more intense push against the unpopular policies of government will be witnessed after the festivities.
He urged Kenyans to "prepare for tough times" as he leads the push against the unpopular government policies next year.
"I do not want to speak further about it because I am in church and in the festive mood," he said.
Speaking when he attended a church service at St Peters ACK in Nyamira, Bondo, Raila criticised the tax hikes saying they have made life unbearable for most Kenyans.