Condemnation of Violence during the 25th June March

Kenya is a nation in mourning today. A country experiencing a governance deficit, and a leadership crisis.

The insensitive and callous statement by CS Murkomen is a further testament of a government that has no regard for life. A government that continues to lose its legitimacy in the face of its citizenry.

Despite the official notification to security organs by the grieving families and despite assurances of security by the goverment, Ruto's regime once more unleashed violence on the people, both from the police and state-supported gangs.

I am horrified at reports of sexual violence especially against young women. I am appalled by reports of a young woman raped by 3 "goons" while she cried for help, as machete-wielding men threatened those trying to help her. This is heartbreaking. No one should ever have to endure that kind of pain and helplessness. It is, sadly, a reflection of the heartlessness of authority that is supposed to protect the vulnerable.

I condemn the destruction of property that was witnessed yesterday and urge that the appropriate legal action be taken against the perpetrators. But this is evidence of the rot that unmitigated lawlessness that starts from the very top does to a country: it normalizes and moralizes criminality such as killings, abductions, stealing and plundering of public and private resources - mostly by those who have power or their agents. We cannot allow any aspect of criminality to be a feature that defines us.

May peace and justice prevail in Kenya.