The Ministry of Interior has now disclosed that anti finance bill protests witnessed in the country in June and July were meant to overthrow President William Rutoβs administration.[β¦]CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLEβΆ
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki revealed the details saying the protest were aimed constitutional offices including the Parliament, Judiciary and even the State House.βThose who had tried to commit this crime also had intended to access the State House and take it over unconstitutionally,βKindiki said before National Assembly Administration and Internal Security committee.
βThere was an attempt to burn and attack other protected areas such as the Supreme Court, because there was an attack on the office of the CJ which means the judiciary was affected,βhe added.CS Kindiki mentioned that there was a second attempt to burn down parliament after the June 25 a incident during the protests where Parliament was invaded.
βTwo days after we frustrated the efforts to burn down Parliament and kill members, we arrested a suspect at 4 am outside Parliament carrying fuel intending to go and raze down Parliament,β he said.The Interior Boss made the sentiments while defending the lethal force used by the police
during the demonstrations.CS Kindiki insisted if the security agencies hesitated to use lethal force then the government would have been overthrown.βThose people who were invading Parliament were not coming to stop the passing of the finance bill, they were coming to kill you,βhe said.Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.
βif police never used lethal force during the invasion of Parliament, we would never have Kenya like we have today,βKindiki added.The Interior Cabinet Secretary stressed on extreme vigilance when it comes to protecting constitutional offices expressing that any breach of security will tear the country apart.
βIf we overthrow constitutional offices like parliament, judiciary or executive we will have no country. We will have nowhere even to discuss these,β he said.The Interior Boss maintained only 42 people lost their lives during the Gen Z-led protests across the country.
βThere were 42 cases of people who lost their lives during the Gen Z demonstrations,β he said.The human rights organisations had detailed that 61 people had lost their lives during the anti-finance bill demonstrations.βA total of 1,208 people were arrested countrywide during the Gen Z demonstrations and most of the cases are still pending before court for various charges,β Kindiki saidβ¦CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ARTICLES>>>