Opposition leader Raila Odinga on Thursday, March 30, led a third mass protest against President William Ruto.
During the protests, ODM leader Raila Odinga’s car was shot at seven times with live bullets in what he believes was a direct attempt to take him out.
“My own car was hit seven times with live bullets, and the direction of the bullets was all aimed at me,” Raila said.
The shooting according to Makau Mutua happened at the Outer Ring Road but the veteran politician escaped unhurt.
While accusing President William Ruto-led government of attempting to assassinate him, the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party leader said the Kenya Kwanza of taking the country to pre-colonial times.
“We condemn in the strongest terms possible what has happened today. Today is a very sad day in the history of this country. These people have been threatening and blackmailing us, unfortunately, the friends of this country are not helping,
“This shows that we’re degenerating into the colonial stage, where lives of Africans did not matter at all because there’s no reason why police should use this kind of force against unarmed citizens who are merely exercising their democratic rights,” Raila added.
The opposition leader further slammed foreign countries for allegedly fanning the conflicts instead of solving it by not taking sides.
“Look at the statement released by some ambassador based here, you would think that they live in a different country; they’re actually adding fuel to this conflict, instead of being independent and neutral arbiters,” he said.
Raila has vowed to continue with his anti-government protests despite being targetted and termed the Monday, next week demos as the ‘mother of all’ protests.
