Orengo Accuses Homa Bay Leaders of Plotting to Disrupt Linda Mwananchi Rally

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Speaking to the media in Kisumu on Wednesday, Orengo said organisers had received reports of meetings allegedly aimed at discouraging traders and residents from attending the rally.

He, however, insisted that the rally would proceed despite what he described as intimidation and attempts to undermine the movement’s plans.

Orengo called on the police and other security agencies to protect those attending the gathering and ensure the rally is held peacefully.

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“If the police and the authorities cannot undertake their legal and constitutional duty by offering protection to those who will come to the rally, we are also very well prepared to make sure that everybody who will come to the rally will be safe,” he said.

The governor also claimed that some Linda Mwananchi supporters had been arrested and later released following interventions by senior officials. He further alleged that properties belonging to supporters of the movement had been targeted.

Orengo said the Homa Bay rally was not simply a political gathering but an opportunity to defend constitutional freedoms, including the right to assemble, speak and associate freely.

He warned against attempts to turn Homa Bay into a politically exclusive zone, drawing comparisons with the early stages of conflicts in other parts of the world.

“The moment you begin to mobilize people on the basis of political beliefs, you are planting the seeds of conflict and even genocide,” Orengo said.

He dismissed claims that Linda Mwananchi supporters would be intimidated into abandoning the rally, saying the movement had been welcomed in different parts of the country, including areas regarded as political strongholds of the Kenya Kwanza administration.

📰 Source: Capital FM Kenya

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