Kindiki’s New Orders for Wednesday’s Protests
Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kithure Kindiki issued new directives on Monday, July 10, in advance of mass protests scheduled for Wednesday, July 13.
The CS noted that he was aware that the opposition intended to conduct protests, and while he would permit them, it was subject to certain conditions.
As a consequence, Kindiki stated that he instructed his security personnel to take swift and decisive action against protesters who disrupted public order.
“I have heard individuals discussing their plans for Wednesday. We will not tolerate the shutting down of roads or the devastation of property. “You may begin your demonstrations at six in the morning and return home in the evening,” he instructed.
In Meru County, where he supervised the installation of the first Deputy County Commissioner, Zuhura Mambo, and the opening of the Igoji Sub-County Headquarters, the CS made these remarks.
Kindiki lamented that the demonstration on Friday, July 7, resulted in the loss of six lives and swore that it would not occur again on Wednesday.
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“I want to assure you that we will never tolerate protests on Kenyan soil that result in loss of life or property,” he pledged.
Kindiki stated that protestors who threaten law-abiding citizens with violence, hooliganism, property destruction, and disruption of calm will be treated as robbers and terrorists.
He disclosed that he had already instructed all police officers to identify instigators attending Wednesday’s demonstrations and to detain them.
Kindiki gave the go-ahead for the demonstrations, noting that the opposition had the right to demonstrate against the excessive cost of living.
On Monday, July 7, the leader of the opposition, Raila Odinga, stated that civil disobedience against the government of President William Ruto would continue.
The former prime minister stated that the opposition was protesting against the Finance Act of 2023, the selection panel of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), electoral justice, and the government’s disregard for multiparty democracy.
During the operationalization of the Igoji Sub County Headquarters, Kindiki remarked that Ruto had pledged to ensure that all sub-counties gazetted by the previous administration became operational.
“The DCC will begin operations today at 2:30 p.m. We have also assembled all department managers required to make the office operational, he said.
Kindiki’s New Orders for Wednesday’s Protests
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