East Africa Legislative Assembly (EALA) member of Parliament, Winnie Odinga, has trolled Kenyans who are seeking her father, Raila Odinga's intervention amidst hiked taxes and government service fees.
Winnie, on Thursday, responded to a tweep who asked her to convince Raila to organise fresh demonstrations against recent punitive measures introduced by the government.
"Si uambie baba yako aweke maandamano," the tweep's tweet read. This can loosely translate to 'Tell your father to organise protests'.
In response, Winnie argued that a section of Kenyans celebrated after Raila, the Azimio Party Leader, lost the election to Ruto.
Among the jabs thrown at Raila by Ruto, his allies, and supporters was that they sent him to retire in his hometown, Bondo, in Siaya County.
"Si ulimtuma Bondo? Achana na Babangu," Winnie responded. This can loosely translate to 'Didn't you send him to Bondo? Leave my father alone'.
Raila Odinga has been silent for several months as Kenyans continue to feel the pinch of Ruto's hiked taxes.
Among the latest punitive measures introduced by the government was increasing the fee for the replacement of identity cards from Ksh100 to Ksh2,000.
The Ministry of Interior Cabinet Secretary, Kithure Kindiki, who hiked the ID replacement fees, also increased charges for obtaining birth certificates from Ksh50 to Ksh200.
He also increased the fee for an ordinary 66-page passport from Ksh7,500 to Ksh12,000.
Ruto and Raila have been at loggerheads since the August 2022 General Election, with the latter claiming that the polls were manipulated in favour of the former.
Raila thus organised several demonstrations and threatened to continue with the protests lest his grievances were addressed. Among his concerns were lowering the cost of living, reconstitution of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), which conducted the August 2022 polls, and opening of IEBC servers.
The two leaders agreed to a truce and formed the National Dialogue Committee to lead bipartisan talks between the ruling Kenya Kwanza alliance and Raila's opposition party, Azimio.
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