“No one is above the law,” says Kenyan leader William Ruto

President William Ruto declared that he will not condone “impunity in the country” after violent protests rocked the capital, Nairobi and the western city of Kisumu, the BBC reported.

The demonstrations were organized by opposition politician Raila Odinga who blames the government’s policies for exacerbating the rising cost of living.

He has also claimed – without evidence – that he won the last year’s presidential election.

“I will ensure as president that this country is governed by the rule of law, and nothing extra-legal and nothing extra-constitutional is going to be part of what we do,” Mr Ruto said.

The president has accused Mr Odinga of trying to engineer a crisis for a second time, saying he did the same after the 2017 election forcing then-President Uhuru Kenyatta to a truce that gave him state privileges.

Mr Odinga has denied the claim.