Residents told to keep off protests to protect tourism
By Harrison.Kivisu, July 17, 2023Kenya Kwanza leaders from Mombasa have asked residents to stay away from the planned anti-government protests to protect disruption of the coastal region economy.
A section of Azimio leaders in Mombasa, led by Senator Mohamed Faki, held demonstrations in Mombasa over the tax burden and disrupted business activities including the tourism sector economy.
EALA legislator Hassan Omar said ODM wants to destabilise the economy so that President William Ruto can appear like a lame duck.
“Bringing demonstrations and protests in Mombasa is not good, we want to tell our friends that we will not accept this to happen in Mombasa,” said Omar.
Omar, who was addressing a gathering during an empowerment drive at Junda, Kisauni, asked the coastal people to support the government agenda and stay away from the demonstrations. “We ask you the parents to tell your people to stay away from these protests, our ODM brothers have no agenda and they are leading us to protests to destroy our future,” said Omar.
The EALA MP asked leaders affiliated to the Kenya Kwanza government to support all government programs aimed at fostering development in the coastal region.
Omar slammed his UDA counterpart and Nyali MP Mohamed Ali for continuing to fuel divisions within the ruling party in Mombasa. However, Omar downplayed any divisions within the party assuring that the party will ensure democracy.