State law enforcers will monitor activities on Thursday, August 8, during the protests by Kenyans detesting bad governance Acting police Inspector General Gilbert Masengeli said officers would be keen to quell any acts of lawlessness Kenyans are mobilising across social media networks ahead of the Thursday demos to pressure President William Ruto to quit power Nairobi:....CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
Acting Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli has put on notice organisers and participants of the pro-good governance protests slated for Thursday, August 8.
In the recent past, Kenyan netizens opposed to the political status quo have been mobilising each other across social media networks, threatening to bring the country to a shutdown in a bid to pressure President William Ruto to give up power.
The climax of the activism will be on August 8, when protesters will take to the streets to air their anti-state sentiments.
Reacting to the developments, Masengeli said the state law enforcers would be keen to quell any pockets of violence.
While acknowledging the protesters’ constitutional right to engage in activism, the police boss said acts of crime and lawlessness would not be condoned.
“On matters Nane Nane, we are talking about the normal general security. Every Kenyan, as per the law, has the liberty to demonstrate, picket, assemble, and each and every one of us is aware.
But where the privileges and rights of one end is where those of another start. We are all Kenyans, and we have to abide by the rule of law. This is a country governed by democracy and the constitution,” he said.
He was speaking at the Embakasi Administration Police Training College (APTC) on Tuesday, August 6.
The Thursday protests add to an already-packed directory of activities by the aggrieved Kenyan public, majorly comprising the youth, who have been pushing for change in the country’s governance.
The activism was triggered by the Finance Bill 2024, which was condemned for bearing supposedly draconian tax measures.
Young Kenyans took to the streets and braved the brute of the police, who, on many occasions, allegedly unleashed live rounds that left a couple of civilians dead.
The youth’s action paid off, albeit in bits, as President William Ruto rejected the bill which he referred back to Parliament accompanied by a memorandum signalling its death.
Further, the president sanctioned austerity measures to meet the shortfall occasioned by the bill’s withdrawal.
Ruto went ahead to fire his entire Cabinet, a move that struck him off the bad books of the aggrieved public for a while.
However, he recalled some of the fired Cabinet secretaries and incorporated politicians from the opposition into his administration.
The youth have settled on Ruto’s exit from power as the solution to the political challenges in the country....CONTINUE READING>>
