“I hereby declare, in the name of Azimio one Kenya Alliance, We declare that Monday, March 20 will be a public holiday,” Raila Odinga has unlawfully declared.
Raila, speaking during a political rally on Tuesday, March 14, stated that the mass action protests are still on and the ‘public holiday on Monday will not be a normal working day for their supporters.
Raila however clarified that the protests will be peaceful.
“We do not want any kind of violence or bloodshed. It is going to be peaceful. We are only doing this because it is the only alternative that we have.” He said.
The quotes were loosely translated from her Kiswahili verbatim;
Mimi naomba baba atangaze tarehe ishirini iwe holiday. Hatuwezi kuandamana tukifuata haki yetu na tuende kazi. Iyo siku your Excellency twakuomba ikuwe holiday. Tuweze kumaliza hii kazi. Hatuwezi kuwa na wizi wa kura miaka nenda miaka rudi.
“Kama wewe unadai ulichaguliwa fungua server, Kama uko na uhakika hukuiba kura fungua server. Usipofungua server umedhibitisha uliiba kura. Na lazima wananchi watumie uwezo wao wa kikatiba kuona ya kwamba wamerekebisha nchi yetu, wamefagia uchafu na ndivyo yule alichaguliwa na wananchi ambaye ni Raila Odinga achukue usukani na aongeze wakenya. Mimi nawaomba tujitolee tuingie Nairobi sote kwa njia ya amani, tukomboe nchi yetu wananchi waache kuteseka.”
Mimi naomba baba atangaze tarehe ishirini iwe holiday. Hatuwezi kuandamana tukifuata haki yetu na tuende kazi. Iyo siku your Excellency twakuomba ikuwe holiday. Tuweze kumaliza hii kazi. Hatuwezi kuwa na wizi wa kura miaka nenda miaka rudi.
“Kama wewe unadai ulichaguliwa fungua server, Kama uko na uhakika hukuiba kura fungua server. Usipofungua server umedhibitisha uliiba kura. Na lazima wananchi watumie uwezo wao wa kikatiba kuona ya kwamba wamerekebisha nchi yetu, wamefagia uchafu na ndivyo yule alichaguliwa na wananchi ambaye ni Raila Odinga achukue usukani na aongeze wakenya. Mimi nawaomba tujitolee tuingie Nairobi sote kwa njia ya amani, tukomboe nchi yetu wananchi waache kuteseka.”
