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Raila Odinga, William Ruto allies stick to hardline stance

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Azimio la Umoja team led by Raila Odinga addressing their supporters in Kibra on March 27, 2023 as they staged antigovernment protests. [Emmanuel Wanson, Standard]

President William Ruto's loyalists and Azimio leader Raila Odinga have chosen to ignore calls for de-escalation of their stalemate, which has led to loss of lives and destruction of property.

"Jumatatu tunarudi tena. Hata wafanye nini au nini tutakomboa taifa letu, tutashinda! (We will be back on Monday. Whatever they do we will liberate our country, we will win!," a caption to a clip posted by Azimio TV, an online channel associated with the Opposition and which Raila retweeted, yesterday read.

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