Ruth Odinga Calls Ruto’s Government, Says It’s Clearly Not Wanting To Pay Compensation To The Victims Of The Protests

Ruth Odinga criticized the slow implementation of Raila Odinga’s ten-point agenda by the Kenya First administration
He opposes the administration’s promise to pay compensation to the victims of anti-government protests and electoral rights
Odinga urges politicians to focus on fulfilling the ten-point agenda amid allegations of misinformation

Nairobi – Kisumu women’s representative Ruth Odinga has condemned the slow implementation of the ten-point agenda agreed between the late ODM leader Raila Odinga and President William Ruto.

Ruth Odinga (left) accused President William Ruto (right) of refusing to pay compensation to the victims of the protests. Photo: Ruth Odinga.
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In his statement on Tuesday, February 3, Ruth highlighted some issues that the administration of Kenya First The Alliance has not met before March, the month scheduled for the review of the implementation of the ten-point agenda.

Has Ruto refused to pay compensation to the victims of the protest?

One of the issues that the female representative of Poisonous He said that the 2022 presidential election audit has been dealt with.

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“We must follow the 10-point agenda, which included the implementation of the Report of the National Negotiating Committee (NADCO). Regarding Electoral Justice, the Report recommended a 9-person panel to reconstitute the IEBC, which has been successful since then. But there was a provision for the review of the 2022 presidential election by experts, and a system to review the boundaries,” Ruth said.

Second, Raila’s sister accused the Kenya Kwanza administration of deliberately delaying the compensation of the victims protest anti-government.

According to Ruth, the president’s move to create a panel of experts on the compensation of protest victims was a clear sign that the government was not interested in paying compensation to the victims.

‎”One of the ten things that was at the heart of the Rt. Hon. Raila Odinga was the right to peaceful assembly, and the compensation of all pending justice claims of the victims. In Kenya, the responsibility of creating a compensation formula for victims of government violence – especially those killed or injured by government authorities during protests – falls in the hands of the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR).

Why not a single victim has been compensated can best be attributed to a lack of political goodwill. That we had to form an Expert Panel on Compensation for Victims of Protests and Public Protests says it all. Now that it is clear how compensation should be done, can we see progress?” he asked.

Did Ruth Odinga criticize ODM leaders?

The Kisumu politician criticized ODM leaders, claiming that the late former prime minister told them about the 2027 General Election.

According to Ruth, politicians should strive to ensure the ten-point agenda is fully implemented instead of spreading propaganda about what Raila allegedly said.

“Those who claim that Raila Odinga told them this and that should talk about the values he believed in, which were laid out in the ten-point agenda, whose success in transplantation remains a topic of debate with many Kenyans unable to be satisfied. Raila Odinga was not a gossip. He would talk to everyone regardless of his position in society, and this is a story that those who knew him understand well. I must repeat that anyone who tells Kenyans that Raila had a series of private conversations with him on various issues he is lying and he must be punished. Knowing what Raila represented is not rocket science,” he said.