He claimed that Vihiga senator Godfrey Osotsi and Nairobi senator Edwin Sifuna were behind the violent protestors who destroyed the Nairobi Expressway during the anti-government protests on Wednesday.
Khalwale voiced his displeasure when Osotsi blamed the police for the chaos that occurred during the protests during a segment of Daybreak on Citizen TV on Thursday.
“The goons you paid came and started destroying the expressway in a similar manner that they uprooted the railway line in Kibera; the police were not just going to sit there and allow the mayhem to go unattended,” Khalwale said.
“When I hear a senator who has been an MP for 5 years shifting the blame to the police I start wondering is the problem education, is the problem the office we occupy or is the problem ignorance so to speak. How can Osotsi dare tell people that it is the police which are provoking these youths,” Khalwale added.
Khalwale described the anti-government protest on Wednesday as violent and challenged the Azimio senators to go to court and prove whether the protests were legal.
Khalwale further described Osotsi and Sifuna as cowards who did not participate in the protests, implying that they sat in their offices waiting for the goons they paid to destroy property to respond.
“And Osotsi, you are cowards, you and Sifuna are big cowards, the office of the leader of minority is opposite my office, and Osotsi and Sifuna yesterday they were hiding in that office the whole day up to 4PM, the were hiding there, they drank gallons upon gallons of tea paid for by taxpayers waiting to see whether the goons they had paid were earning their money,” Khalwale narrated.
The sentiments of Khalwale were echoed by Mukurwe-ini Member of Parliament John Kaguchia who accused the Azimio team of taking advantage of the economic situation in the country to cause chaos in the name of demonstrations.
“The events of yesterday were unfortunate and unconstitutional, and what is happening really is ODM trying to take advantage of the challenges that Kenyans have gone through,” Kaguchia spoke.
