Azimio leader Raila Odinga has asked Kenyans to record and film police officers who will shoot at or hurt protestors during the Wednesday demos.
Addressing the press on Tuesday, July 11 during the launch of the signature launch by Azimio, Odinga insisted that protests are entrenched in the constitution and its within their democratic right to hold peaceful demos.
"Our activities are protected by the Constitution. By resorting to civil disobedience and protests, we can’t be wrong unless the law itself is wrong. Kenyans must never be made to believe that they are wrong when they protest.
"We therefore ask Kenyans to film, photograph and record all those police officers who shoot at or in any other way hurt protesters in the course of our activities. Such officers are acting in disregard of the constitution and we must make them pay for their illegal activities," the former premier stated.
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He urged Kenyans to turn up in large numbers at kamukunji and other parts of the country.
At the same time, Odinga launched the digital signature collection initiative known as Tumechoka Citizens Initiative to discredit the Kenya Kwanza government.
"Last week, we announced the launch of a program of collecting signatures for purposes of taking back the powers we delegated to our leaders. The exercise, which is ongoing, is meant to express people’s displeasure with Ruto and the raft of punitive, unfair and unjust taxes that he has decided to impose on the people, without the people’s consent.
"This is part of the campaign of resistance, the civil disobedience and citizens’ actions that we have decided to pursue to force Ruto and his regime to respect and listen to the people," Odinga said.
