Raila postpones Azimio’s Mombasa rally
Azimio la Umoja - One Kenya coalition leader Raila Odinga has postponed the opposition's rally in Mombasa that had been scheduled for Saturday, February 25, 2023.
In a statement on Sunday, Raila's spokesperson Dennis Onyango said the coalition will instead hold the engagement with the public dubbed 'people's baraza' in Kakamega next Saturday.
According to the opposition chief, Azimio made the changes to ensure better coordination of the coalition’s activities.
“The leadership of Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party has made slight changes to its programme of activities for the coming week.
“To better coordinate its activities, the party made a decision to clear with western Kenya, before proceeding to other parts of the country," the statement read in part.
Onyango said Azimio's prayer rally at Jevanjee Gardens in Nairobi slated for Wednesday, February 22, 2023, has not been affected.
“The prayer rally earlier scheduled for Jevanjee Gardens in Nairobi on Wednesday, 22nd February 2023, remains,” he said.
Azimio's prayer rally
Raila had earlier indicated that Azimio will dedicate the prayers to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), which he claims was used to rig him out in the last presidential election.
“We must defend electoral justice in our country. We will continue to urge Kenyans to defend their rights. We will also be doing a prayer for the IEBC that we have an electoral agency, which will defend the right of our people. We will be in front of the premises of IEBC,” Raila said on Wednesday.
After a luncheon with Azimio Senators, Raila maintained that the August 2022 polls were affected by massive irregularities, adding that his coalition will not allow an act of electoral fraud to be swept under the carpet.
“The elections were rigged no matter how many times Ruto shouts and no matter how many times he prays. Prayer is not going to help him get away with theft of elections. Kenyans must defend electoral justice,” he said.
The former Prime Minister said Kenyans fought for a long time to restore multipartism and they will not allow the gains to be rolled back.
The opposition has in recent weeks intensified engagements with the public in various parts of the country as part of efforts Raila says are aimed at pushing out President William Ruto's "illegitimate" administration.
