Deputy President William Ruto has been accused of seeking sympathy votes by organizing violence against his jacaranda rally on Sunday June 19.
According to photos circulating on social media, people who were pelting stones at his convoy were present when Ruto was addressing the crowd.
Azimio = BRAND Violence@RailaOdinga Odinga goons even stoned @WilliamsRuto car.#HustlerNation will ensure sll Young people have access to finance for business and will create more jobs for them.
Freedom is Coming! pic.twitter.com/na9C2tyt7K
— Dennis Itumbi, HSC (@OleItumbi) June 19, 2022
The people in question were identified by the T-shirts they were wearing, with some saying that they were providing security at the rally.
They were wearing black T-shirts with a yellow logo at the front and one of them was captured stoning the convoy.
Sympathy addiction: So, same people “stoning” cars in Jacaranda were fully in attendance at the Kenya Kwisha rally? Jamaa amalize tu aende. pic.twitter.com/xBMGenPuuA
— Mac Otani ?? (@MacOtani) June 19, 2022
Embakasi East MP Babu Owino also used the opportunity to clear his name from ugly Jacaranda incident.
“Look at these photos keenly. The guys in same uniform stoning Ruto’s car and at the same time providing security at the same rally. Wacha kutubeba mafala after stage managing your own attack,” the lawmaker said.
UDA had accused Babu Owino of being behind the incident and even wrote to IEBC seeking to have him disqualified from the Embakasi East parliamentary race.
UDA accused Babu Owino of sabotaging his opponent’s campaign
““The responsibility of the Commission is to reign in on Babu Owino and consider disqualifying him together with any other high-handed candidate who purports to hold the campaigns of their opponents hostage to their whimsical political ambitions which are contrary to the Constitution and the IEBC Code of Conduct,” UDA said.
UDA’s Francis Mureithi is Babu Owino’s main opponent. He was injured during the standoff.
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