Kenyan police allowed Arsenal fans to gather and disperse peacefully but they never allow the same youth to protest against the government without killing some
I think we have forgotten what happens when political leaders and their cronies decide to use violence to win elections.
We are letting the plan or our deaths again as we watch.
The signs are right in our faces, the players? The same people! Arap Sang works in statehouse...
watched South African police escort protesters without executing them for 2 days. Even when marchers started looting or vandalizing property, they responded with non-lethal force.
Can police in Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, and Tanzania learn from their counterparts here?
Morara, while we appreciate you bringing this information to the public, Kenyans must also be very careful with people like you!!!
You built your entire brand on accountability, integrity and exposing questionable acquisition of public resources. You convinced Kenyans that your principles were non negotiable.
Yet the first political home you chose was Jubilee??? A party whose time in government left countless unanswered questions around public land, procurement, mega corruption scandals, politically connected wealth and abuse of public office. Many of the same political figures who presided over that era remain within that political establishment.
So what exactly changed? Your principles or your political address?
If you’re asking Kenyans to scrutinize Kasongo and those around him, and rightly so, then you must also be prepared to apply that exact same standard to the people you’ve chosen to stand with. Accountability doesn’t become optional because you’ve changed political camps. Tell us, hio shamba yote walitoa wapi!!
This is why Kenyans should stop worshipping political personalities. Today someone is exposing one side, tomorrow they’re comfortably seated with another side that carries its own baggage of unresolved questions.
The moment your standards change depending on who you’re standing next to, you’re no longer fighting for accountability, you’re simply participating in selective outrage🚶🏿♀️🚶🏿♀️
Classic definition of abujubuju!
@ntsa_kenya: you have no good reason to collect speeding fines vi's cash patterns to the bank! None whatsoever. Obey the presidential on govt payments by @WilliamsRuto and integrate them into eCitizen Paybill 222222.
Otherwise this is a FRAUD!
And the "magical" part is not really for devs who have their dev env setup. For them it's an "oh so what" moment.
It's for:
- New joiners
- Non-engineers
- Devs contributing to codebases they have not set up locally (and now no longer need to setup locally!)
Kaikai: We didn’t see the President yesterday. Yesterday, he should have done Bomas, and today, he needed to be off. It is not a show of power or strength; it’s insensitive, and it demonstrates a lack of empathy. These kids did not need to die. They did not want to overthrow the government; you don’t overthrow a government with a bottle of water, a mobile phone, or a flag, which is what some of these kids died holding #CitizenNewsGang @LinusKaikai
Kaikai: It was difficult to watch those pictures of Bomas today. It just simply states that the President found it hard to be appropriate today. Appropriate is just about caring for other people’s feelings. In my count this is day three: day one was the national prayer breakfast which went on as if nothing had happened. Day two related to Utumishi Girls who died, the memorial service attended by Rachel Ruto but skipped by the President. He was in State House that day meeting a delegation from Marsabit. He has this thing about moving and the rest can take care of themselves #CitizenNewsGang @LinusKaikai
If the rejection of William Ruto exists only on social media, why is Nairobi CBD sealed off?
Why the razor wire, roadblocks, heavy security deployment and restricted access?
Where are the TUTAM supporters who are always said to be the silent majority?
A confident leader welcomes the people.
A fearful leader fortifies himself against them.
The more security deployed to keep citizens away, the more questions Kenyans will ask about who is really afraid of whom.
Today was supposedly a normal working day. Thousands of ordinary Kenyans have had to walk to work because roads have been barricaded. Many simply have no choice.
These are the same hardworking people who wake up before dawn, struggle through a chaotic, filthy city with no dignified public transport and very few decent pedestrian walkways. They work all day to feed their families, educate their children and keep this country moving.
Meanwhile, the very leaders they pay through their hard-earned taxes enjoy every privilege while ordinary citizens continue to bear the cost of poor decisions.
We keep hearing about supporting businesses and creating jobs. Is this the support we are talking about? How do you create employment while taxing businesses and citizens to the last cent, then making it even harder for people to get to work and for businesses to operate?
If today was meant to be a normal working day, then why so much panic? Why should the people who keep this country running be made to suffer even more? Brilliant. Just brilliant.
It is what it is.
That time they arrested Lichuma from Mathare social justice, threw him on a lorry. High above them, he proceeded to give them a few truths on why Kenyans are protesting. Waliaibika mpaka akashuka.
On this day, Richard Otieno was the first to lead a peaceful protest against the Finance Bill in 2024.
Kimani Kuriahh , MP of Molo, accused him of stealing chicken from his home. Instead of using the law, he sent goons to end his life.
He was an activist and an aspiring politician.
RIP
This was the most heartbreaking part of June 25th for sure. 😭😭
Saa hii Daktari mwingine huku anaongea ujinga juu ameonjeshwa blood money! We will never forget.