Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga has hit out at President William Ruto over his shoot-to-the-leg order to police officers.
Through a statement released on Friday, July 11, Raila stated that any orders or instructions to the police to shoot to kill, maim, disorient, or shock citizens were wrong.
Instead, the former PM, who is part of the broad-based government with Ruto, called for the upholding of the rule of law and not the use of excessive force. "In a protest or any other environment that requires law enforcement, all the above orders; shoot to kill, maim, disorient, or shock citizens- are wrong," Raila stated. "As a country, we must at all times opt for the Rule of Law and due process and reject the temptation to give police illegitimate and deadly powers over citizens, even when the citizens are perceived to have broken the law," he added.
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