ODM leader Raila Odinga has found himself on the wrong side after making madoa doa remarks while campaigning for Azimio la Umoja in Wajir.
Raila was calling upon the locals to ensure that they vote for members of Azimio from MCA to the president.
“Kuwa mwanajeshi was baba mpaka uwe na bunduki na risasi. Mko Tayari? hatutaki madoa doa hapa Wajir. Tunataka viongozi wachaguliwe ndani ya Azimio.(To be Baba’s soldier you need a gun and a bullet. Are you ready? we don’t want spots here in Wajir. We want leaders to be voted from Azimio),” the former prime minister said. Raila’s interpretation of gun and bullet means an Identity Card and a voter’s card.
This is @RailaOdinga in Wajir today. To demonstrate rule of law and in particular equality before the law, let @DCI_Kenya and @ODPP_KE act as swift as in the case of Mithika Linturi. pic.twitter.com/RFkogntBej
— KIPCHUMBA MURKOMEN, E.G.H (@kipmurkomen) March 9, 2022
His Madoa doa remarks however are not different from what Meru senator Mithika Linturi said back in January while on Hustler nation campaigns in Eldoret, just a week before UDA, Ford Kenya and ANC united to form a coalition dubbed Kenya Kwanza.
“…Watu wa Uasin Gishu musicheze na Kenya, na kile nawaomba ni kwamba madoa doa yale mulionayo hapa muweze kuondoa(People of Eldoret don’t play with Kenyans, I am requesting that you do away with the spots that you have here),” Linturi said during UDA’s.
Linturi also meant that Uasin Gishu people should only vote for UDA members right from the MCA all the way to the president.
His remarks were however considered incitement and hate speech and he was arrested a day after making the remarks. Linturi apologized as well as his party leader, William Ruto.
A number of Kenyans are now waiting to see whether Raila will be arrested or even investigated over the remarks.
“When I listen to Madoadoa speech by Raila Odinga and Mithika Linturi. The Raila comments are much worse because he advocates for youth to use Bunduki na Risasi,” Daisy K said.
“So how should we deal with Raila’s “madoadoa” statement? Do we take it as: 1. Incitement? 2. He’s above the law? 3. Or it’s the senility that’s making him talk like a broken record? However, nothing beats “uku ndio Mungu anakojoa”. Ile kiboko inangoja that old sickly puppet,” Mumbi Mbui tweeted
DP Ruto allies are also waiting to see what action would be taken against Raila.
On the other hand, Raila’s supporters have defended him saying that the use of the word Madoa doa is not illegal with some even suggesting that the video was manipulated.
“So Madoadoa is an illegal word now? How is Raila wrong to say that we need not mix parties? Wachaneni na baba. Baba is not an anarchist like the Tanga Tanga gang,” Robert Alai said.
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