After a scathing attack on President William Ruto and his
inept government last week, Raila has vowed to take his threats a notch higher.
This is after he threatened to go back to the streets if
Ruto doesn't resolve the ongoing doctors’ strike.
Addressing the press in Nairobi, Raila, through Azimio
co-principal Kalonzo Musyoka, issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the Kenya Kwanza
government to resolve the doctors' strike.
Kalonzo urged the government to take advantage of the
48-hour window given by the courts and immediately reach an agreement with
doctors.
According to Kalonzo, if the government were to fail in
heeding their demands, Azimio would mobilise Kenyans into nationwide
demonstrations.
"We, ask the Kenya Kwanza regime to take advantage of
the 48-hour window given by the courts and immediately reach an agreement with
doctors that will see a resumption of normalcy in public hospitals,"
Kalonzo stated.
"Failure to which, we shall mobilize the public and
other unions to join in a national strife," he added.
Azimio in its statement noted despite efforts by the doctors
to end the strike, the Opposition was yet to witness a commitment from the
government to do the same.
In regards to the ongoing floods, Raila’s team demanded that
the government declare floods a national disaster and further hike the monetary
allocation for the affected families from Ksh1 billion to Ksh7 billion.
Ruto was also accused of forcefully ordering the
eviction of affected families from their homes without providing alternative
shelter.
In particular, the government was accused of instigating
forceful evictions that led to the death of a young boy who was killed by a
bulldozer in the Mathare area of Nairobi.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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