Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga has welcomed the immediate former cabinet secretary for Defence Eugene Wamalwa to the opposition.

Wamalwa accompanied Raila and other Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Alliance leaders including Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper) and Martha Karua (Narc-Kenya) as they unveiled former Kanduyi MP Wafula Wamunyinyi as the coalition’s candidate in the upcoming Bungoma senatorial by-elections. Wamunyinyi will vie on a Democratic Alliance Party of Kenya (DAP-K) ticket.

“Our candidate for that contest will be Honourable Wafula Wamunyinyi. Honourable Wafula Wamunyinyi has what it takes to win the Bungoma seat and more importantly, he has a record of speaking out for the people of Kenya. Given the scenario unfolding in the country, an emerging one-man regime that is quickly turning its back on Kenyans and their problems, the country will need seasoned fighters in all critical places,” Raila said.

“Tuko hapa na Eugene Wamalwa ambaye kwa mara ya kwanza anashiriki mikutano yetu kama mwanachama, ametoka kwa serikali sasa. Karibu katika kiwanja ya upinzani. (We are here with Eugene Wamalwa for the first time as a party member, since he has left government. Welcome to opposition),” Raila added.

Raila at the same time castigated the Kenya Kwanza regime for planning to raise more taxes against Kenyans, which he termed as unrealistic.

“We are particularly concerned about UDA’s plan to inflict more tax burdens on Kenyans and other pronouncements and promises made in recent days that are unrealistic,” Raila said.

Raila on extra-judicial killings

The ODM supremo also said that the probe into extra-judicial killings is turning into a witchhunt against former Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti.

“William Ruto’s grudge against George Kinoti and the DCI started way before the elections. Ruto appears to believe that the coming of the UDA regime is an opportunity for him to punish State officers he long had a grudge against. We’re here to say no!” Odinga said.

In the same breath, Raila has called on the government to investigate mysterious deaths that have happened before, some suspected to have been politically instigated