Raila Defends ‘Hustlers’ Telling Parliament Not To Criminalize Narrative, Ruto Says No Thank You

ODM Party Leader Raila Odinga has likened the ‘hustlers versus dynasties’ narrative to Nazism saying it will have the same deadly consequences for Kenya like Nazism did for Germany.

Raila Odinga has however urged Parliament not to criminalize the ‘hustlers versus dynasties’ campaign slogan citing freedom of speech.

In a statement, Raila says, “I have learnt of a bill by Parliaments’ National Security Committee that seeks to criminalize Deputy President William Ruto’s hustlers versus dynasties’ campaign slogan and propose severe fines, jail term and even removal from office for any leaders who propagates it.”

While Raila says the slogan is divisive and deadly, he has strongly appealed to Members of Parliament to drop any attempts to legislate against the slogan.

Raila says the slogan is similar to Adolf Hitler’s national socialism most often referred to as Nazism an ideology of the Nazi Party which ruled Nazi Germany in 1933 to 1945.