What a night in NYC!
First, I want to deeply thank the people of NY14, who supported my re-election with 87% of the vote - the highest in my history of public service.
It is a tremendous honor and responsibility to be your Congresswoman, and I never take it for granted.
Tomorrow marks two years since young Kenyans who stood up against political tyranny were killed for it. Many others were maimed. They are living scars of our brutal political system.
Two things must be clear as we commemorate June 25th: First, the right to peaceful assembly and to picket is constitutional. The government is duty-bound to respect and protect it. It should not unleash goons or interfere. Second, government officials must desist from threatening citizens who are organising to exercise their rights and remember their departed loved ones. Kenyans, killed in 2024 and 2025, deserve justice.
Accountability must be followed with appropriate compensation and permanent memorialization. Cobbling together sham compensation is not justice.
Kenyans must be allowed to exercise their democratic rights, and never again should we witness abductions or forced disappearances.
Enough.
Tuonane kesho!
#ukombozi @UGMParty@Maraga27
@CAF_Online Cabo verde!!!! What we Africans need is opportunity and resources to shine. We want an equal place at the table. We don't want to colonise, invade or replace anyone. Just space to do our thing - home or away
I checked on Dr. @kizzabesigye1 on Friday. Sensing my broken spirit, he gently reminded me that there is light at the end of the tunnel and that God is alive.
In my frustration, I told him that God is taking far too long to rescue us from the dungeons of the dictator and his son.
He looked at me and added, "God's timing is perfect timing."
If KB who has endured the Luzira dungeons for a year and a half remains this strong and full of hope, who am I to despair?