“This is the lowest we have sunk as a country, that goons can go brandishing weapons, bows, arrows and pangas openly in public, marching in the streets to go attack a congregation in church or people who are just exercising their freedom of assembly…”
Violence has no place in a house of worship. Today’s goon attacks targeting leaders and worshippers at church in Kisumu where @edwinsifuna and @orengo_james were present, and on @HonKangata and other Linda Mwananchi leaders in Nyandarua reflect a disturbing pattern of organised political intimidation and are utterly unacceptable. That this is happening again following similar events in the recent past shows a dangerous pattern of orchestrated intimidation that must be confronted decisively.
Places of worship are sanctuaries, not battlegrounds for political thuggery or state-sponsored impunity. Every attack on a church is an attack on our Constitution, our freedom of conscience and our collective dignity. We cannot normalise bows, arrows, tear gas and hired goons trailing political leaders into churches while those who plan, fund and deploy them walk free.
The masterminds behind these repeated assaults must be unmasked and permanently removed from positions of power and privilege, because accountability is the only antidote to the rising culture of goonism. The police and security agencies must act without fear or favour, protect worshippers and leaders, and demonstrate that no individual is above the law or shielded by their office or political colour.
As citizens, people of faith and defenders of democratic governance, we must stand in solidarity with all leaders of the Linda Mwananchi movement who faced attacks today, and all worshippers whose right to a peaceful service was violated. Kenya must choose constitutionalism over chaos, dialogue over violence and principled politics over hired goons, because if we allow attacks on churches to become routine, we have already surrendered the soul of our republic.