Azimio La Umoja Coalition Leader Raila Odinga (C) addressing hundreds of citizens who showed for the Sabasaba Rally held at Kamukunji Grounds in Shauri Moyo, Nairobi, Kenya on July 7, 2023. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG
As Kenya’s opposition groups vowed to go ahead with protests against perceived government failure to tame escalating cost of living, some Western diplomats broke their silence; asking parties to embrace dialogue over the issue.
Some 13 ambassadors and high commissioners representing Australia, Denmark, Germany, United States, Netherlands, Sweden, Ukraine, Canada, Ireland, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom expressed their concern over loss of life and high levels of violence and the destruction of property.
