Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga has announced that his Azimio La Umoja Movement would be registered next week to counterattack Deputy President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance and their newfound allies with Amani National Congress and Ford Kenya.
Raila’s announcement of the mega coalition comes barely hours after President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law the Political Parties Amendment Bill 2021.
This now paves the way for political parties to enter into a coalition and for individual members to be elected under the name of a coalition.
“If you look at them and where they have gone, there is a common denominator. If you want to go just go. We do not want to talk about others; we are a national outfit formed to bring all Kenyans together. We will walk with other Kenyans,” Raila said.
The former premier spoke when he received Senate Deputy Speaker Margaret Kamar, former Cabinet minister Sally Kosgey, Gender Chief Administrative Secretary Jebii Kilimo and former Assistant minister Stephen Tarus to his camp.
Raila said under Azimio, the Kenyan spirit is going to take the country through the third liberation, which is economic.
“Azimio is going to be registered next week, and we will start moving straight away. There are many big things that will happen,” he said.
The ODM boss said during his reign as the Prime Minister with retired President Mwai Kibaki, they formulated the Vision 2030, which has not been implemented fully, adding that should his Azimio la Umoja coalition gets the State House nod, he will fill the gaps and address challenges hindering the implementation.
“Some people forget very fast, some do not hear. During the Grand Coalition Government, we formulated Vision 2030 with retired President Kibaki. We know where things did not go well. We will implement the vision,” said Raila.
His allies, Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya and his Mombasa counterpart Hassan Joho told their opponents to sell their agenda and stop insulting Raila.
Oparanya said the exit of Mudavadi and Wetang’ula has now opened a full room for Raila.
