"Youth unemployment has led to the rise of this nasty behavior of goonism. At any political gathering, they intrude and force themselves in as security personnel, seeking handouts so they can have something to eat at the end of the day. Leaders who sponsor hired goons to cause chaos in political events, churches etc are on a dangerous mission and should be controlled and held accountable." - James Gakuya, MP, Embakasi North
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"Jobless youths are unemployed and idle, and this can becomes the devils workshop. Unfortunately, the police have sometimes allowed themselves to be used by politicians to act like goons. As a country, we should address youth unemployment through national programs such as Kazi Mtaani, industrialization, and the development of manufacturing industries. We should stop blaming each other because this will not create any tangible solutions." - James Gakuya, MP, Embakasi North
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"If President Ruto opens the doors of tokenism at State House, who are we not to follow? If we want to heal, we must start from the top going down, because if State House opens doors to dishing out tokenism, it has opened doors all the way to the MCA level. This has become a culture that started in the Moi era. It is very hard to curb or stop it; first, we must deal with the issue of poverty." - James Gakuya, MP, Embakasi North
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We strongly condemn the ongoing demolitions of long standing business under justification of new infrastructure, SMEs form the backbone of our economy,
Any policy that appear to target or impact a specific community risk deepening social divisions & weakening nation unity.
The massacre of the girls elementary school pupils (ages 8 to12) in Iran, now stands at one hundred and eighty five.
Any person attempting to justify this unprovoked obscenity is a psychopath.
"There is a lot of interest in the IEBC saga because it controls huge sums of money - that’s why the “big cats” are around the secretariat. It was the right time for Marjan to leave the IEBC. We shouldn’t worry that he was the only person familiar with the entire setup. I don’t think there are any hidden files that would require recalling him from retirement, since everything is computerized. His exit will give IEBC a fresh face." - James Gakuya, MP, Embakasi North
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"Marjan, as the IEBC CEO, had no legal or moral right to extend Smartmatic’s contract before the whole commission was constituted. We won’t be 100% comfortable until the company is kicked out before the 2027 elections. We don’t trust that company and maintain that its contract should be terminated, with a fresh tender process conducted for a new provider." - James Gakuya, MP, Embakasi North
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@Fredindimuli
"The United Opposition has no space in Azimio. We cannot recognize it at all, and if we are going to form any coalition moving forward, it shouldn’t be Azimio - we reject it in totality. Which ODM is Uhuru bringing back to Azimio: the Oburu-ODM faction or the Young Tax faction? Why can’t the ODM youth team find another entity and join the bigger faction of the United Opposition?" - James Gakuya, MP, Embakasi North
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@Fredindimuli
It shall be remembered who stood with the people of Kenya during our darkest hour when our healthcare system collapsed, education faltered, insecurity loomed, corruption ran rampant, and our Supreme Law was abused by despots.
This afternoon, alongside my colleagues in the United Opposition — Hon. Martha Karua, Dr. Fred Matiang’i, Hon. JB Muturi, H.E. Kalonzo Musyoka, Hon. Eugene Wamalwa, Hon. Seki, Hon. Omingo Magara, DCP DPL Senator Cleophas Malala, and many other leaders, we acknowledged warm greetings from the wananchi at Gitugi Market in Mathioya Constituency.
God bless Kenya.
Today accompanied our DCP party leader at Vigilance House to file a report on continuous harrassment and desecration of our place of worship through incited violence. We condemn this brutality with the strongest terms possible.