Gachagua I will Arrest You Ukirudi Kenya Over Today's mass Demos and Kikuyus Won't Save you!Murkomen

Added: 2026-05-19

[00:00:00]How many civilians injured and police officers injured this time and Good evening everyone.

[00:00:11]Chaos, violence, looting, and disruption of transport in the country today ostensibly to protest high fuel prices.

[00:00:22]Even though our constitution protects the right to demonstrate and picket, it is quite unfortunate that today's protest have once again been hijacked by political actors for political ends.

[00:00:36]Whereas we take cognizance of the fact that fuel prices have risen significantly as a result of ongoing political global political crisis, looting, violence, blocking roads, and vandalizing public and private property can in no way bring down the oil prices.

[00:00:57]If anything, the disruption of transport and closure of business can only worsen the situation.

[00:01:05]The government led by the national treasury and the ministries of energy and transport are taking steps to engage with transport stakeholders to explore the ways of addressing price increases, and we are confident that the talks will bear fruit.

[00:01:23]We are however concerned that although most parts of Kenya were peaceful, criminal elements in some parts have been mobilized and deployed by rogue politicians to target government projects, property, um uh personal property, uh pro-government, and also property of pro-government leaders.

[00:01:48]The looting of Khetias Supermarkets owned by a member of parliament who supports government, the burning down of UDA offices in Wathe in Makueni County, and the torching of two trucks at the site of the Nairobi Expressway flagship project are not coincidence, but a calculated move to spread fear and intimidate government supporters and innocent public servants.

[00:02:12]Coupled with the recent violent attacks on Ms. Rachel Wandeto, who passed on this morning, we are witnessing a clear scheme where a section of political class is making incendiary statements to fan intolerance and ethnic bigotry, and organizing gangs to spread terror, sabotage government projects, and profile and intimidate those of different political opinion, especially those who support government.

[00:02:43]We wish to reassure the country that the government will do everything in its powers to protect lives and property, and at no time would lawlessness be allowed to take root in any part of our country.

[00:02:59]We will intensify our fight against organized crime and its sponsors, who are hell-bent on propagating anarchy.

[00:03:08]The full force of law will be brought to bear on the organizers of today's violence and wanton destruction of property.

[00:03:17]In fact, it is about 348 of them have already uh perpetrators have already been arrested.

[00:03:25]It is quite unfortunate also that four Kenyans in today's violence, which also saw more than 30 people we lost four. Sorry, it's unfortunate that we lost four Kenyans.

[00:03:37]Um in today's violence, which also saw more than 30 people injured.

[00:03:44]It is very regrettable that there are politicians in this country who measure the success of opposition to the government by the number of innocent lives lost in the demonstrations they organized.

[00:03:56]This is the lowest form of politics and the most wicked manifestations of self-interest.

[00:04:01]To the leaders who have been profiling Kenyans of different political opinion and calling them traitors, we shall hold you personally responsible for the lives lost and property destroyed as a result of your statements.

[00:04:16]You will be answerable now and in the future.

[00:04:20]I commend Kenyans who went about their business in peace and actually in largely largely in most parts of the country, Kenyans went about their business in peace. But also there are some uh public transport owners who protested in peace by just keeping off uh the transport system without really interrupting other people's lives.

[00:04:43]And we regret in some cases disruption of transport and businesses that have been looted including a supermarket in Naivasha which uh as we uh as by the time we were coming here was still facing um invasion. Agencies addressed the issue of fuel prices.

[00:05:03]To those traveling, our security agencies are under instructions to ensure our safety.

[00:05:09]All the roads that were blocked are now have now been cleared. In part of Kirinyaga, there was an attempt in Rongai and in uh Kitengela and uh a particular attempt in Kakamega to invade uh reported to you uh the four people who lost their lives.

[00:05:42]Under what circumstances they lose >> As for those who lost their lives, investigations are ongoing. It will establish exactly uh civilians. So, we leave that to uh the investigators to establish uh the exact situation. Whether these are innocent civilians, innocent citizens, or uh were they uh criminals who uh died in the process of uh you know, being apprehended or being dealt with.

[00:06:37]And on the question of um oil prices, uh as you may be aware, there's an ongoing meeting now between uh the ministries of uh uh um transport and energy uh with the stakeholders in the transport and the and the way forward on the question of oil prices. But, you know, nobody is uh is a visitor in Jerusalem.

[00:07:08]We at least have guarantee of supply of the fuel, even if it's And um and uh I did it on the floor of the Senate.

[00:07:41]But, you should give us credit that no life was lost during that time, during that agitation.

[00:07:49]That we never organized a protest, we never agitated for matatu industry at that point in time, never protested against the government. So the question you should be asking yourself, why did they feel that it was okay to understand President Uhuru Kenyatta, but when it is President William Ruto, they should go to the streets?

[00:08:09]You should ask yourself why did they not stop their vehicles just less than 4 years ago? And why is it that in the administration of President William Ruto, they have stopped their vehicles from coming to the streets? There must be something.

[00:08:23]There must be a certain level of profiling that is that applied that applies to William Ruto that does not apply to President Uhuru Kenyatta.

[00:08:33]And the guess is as good as your guess is as good as mine.

[00:08:37]If if you will give us credit for those who opposed to the administration that time, you must give us credit for using constitutional means and using the floor of the house and giving alternative suggestions to how to handle the fuel crisis. We never organized one protest, no life was lost, no supermarket was looted, no person was targeted to be killed as a result of the higher fuel prices less than 5 years ago. So I am very proud of my record and the statements I made in the Senate just about 5 years ago and I'm very proud of how President William Ruto handled his opposition to how government was running its affairs in the last 5 years. I wish current opposition would emulate him instead of organizing violence and so forth. And I I'm just asking the simple the most simple thing.

[00:09:31]Please, the transport sector, the way you understood President Uhuru Kenyatta and never went on strike just less than 5 years ago. That is the same way you should understand President William Ruto because he's in office.

[00:09:45]Uh, number two is that uh uh What How can we ensure that in future protests do not lead to loss of life?

[00:09:56]It's just by ensuring that protests are protests.

[00:10:00]They are not criminal um activities, acts of crime, looting, uh um uh you know uh robbing people of their property, burning of property.

[00:10:13]As long as we stop and I see you in the media, you know, reporting that protesters I saw one today, protesters in Naivasha burned two vehicles. Those are not protesters.

[00:10:25]Protests are is constitutional. Protest is is pre-supposed to be peaceful.

[00:10:31]Burning of two vehicles, the media should be able to profile uh the way it should be to say, "Criminals burned two vehicles in the name of protest."

[00:10:42]I wonder why media in our country does not really always give a provisor to any uh to such situations by saying, "There were protests, but today it was not protest, it was criminal activities that burned vehicles." Why Why are facts distorted?

[00:10:58]Why are facts distorted? You know, and some sometimes protesters were killed.

[00:11:03]Probably criminals who are looting were killed. They were not protesters. So, let us let us characterize the Any peaceful protest will be protected in this country, and I don't think anyone's life will be lost in a situation where the protest is peaceful. So, let it be protest, not criminal activities, and life will not be lost.

[00:11:22]The last thing I'll say is that uh who are these politicians uh we are talking about? The investigations are not going, but the incitements, you know, the people have been inciting. You know uh particularly that the former deputy president is on record inciting um people who have a different opinion and telling people in his backyard that anybody who is having an alternative political opinion supporting President Ruto is a traitor and the traitors must be must be punished. So, the understanding of his supporters perhaps is that you must attack physically traitors. And he will be held personally responsible. And all other politicians who are engaging in these acts of violence will personally be held responsible. I see sometimes some of these politicians speaking about ICC or take this on ICC and so forth. I don't know if they know that they are making their bed now and they will lie in it.

[00:12:23]Um so, it is important for every one of us to become aware of the act of their own acts. And we will take the the necessary legal steps to bring all of them uh to uh to face the law. I know even the burning of the UDF offices in uh in uh Wathe, Makueni was organized by politicians and the investigations are not going.

[00:12:51]So, just give the DCI a few more hours and uh those who are uh personally responsible will be held uh to account.

[00:13:01]I think I have answered all the questions, yeah?

[00:13:04]I'm seeing somebody uh somewhere there. Yes. Last one.

[00:13:09]Sorry, because you guys also indulged us by waiting for over an hour.

[00:13:13]I am indulging you by taking more questions.

[00:13:17]There's a delegation about the Kenyans.

[00:13:19]They're crying. Why landlocked landlocked countries their president is always challenged?

[00:13:25]Yet they they're getting their fuel from the same properties in Mombasa port.

[00:13:31]Including Ethiopia, which is very, very low compared to Kenya's.

[00:13:35]I I don't want to mention countries, but the last example you gave, just go and Google now if they have any fuel.

[00:13:43]Okay?

[00:13:45]Um even the some other some some of our neighboring countries already they are rationing their fuel by telling them there's motorists they will take only certain amount per week.

[00:13:58]So, Kenya is different. We are a different economy. We have different challenges and we have different approaches to issues, but I don't think in the next few days you will be willing to ask the same question in terms of comparison of price because the information we have is that as days go by, everybody is feeling the impact even by our neighbors. So, that that difference you're speaking about is not significant enough for you to to to measure the difference.

[00:14:29]Let's give it another 2 weeks and let's have that discussion again. But the most competent institution to respond to your question, of course, is the Ministry of Energy and you know, because of the meeting they have at the moment and the Treasury and so forth, they will answer that question accordingly.

[00:14:45]That the question you should also be asking is that how come in many countries where they have higher fuel prices, why are they not protesting by stopping public transport?

[00:14:58]Logically, logically, the current the fact that the fuel is there should have guaranteed public transport.

[00:15:07]Maybe at some slight higher cost then when government comes in, they would ask themselves, do we cushion the fuel prices or cushion the uh service provider by giving certain subsidy.

[00:15:24]But to to to say the fuel is there um and you are not going to be able to continue public transport, I think it's uh unfortunate. And I'll tell you um just ask yourself fundamental question.

[00:15:38]There's a reason why 5 years ago under the leadership of President Uhuru Kenyatta the public transport owners do not go on strike and they decided in this particular time at this particular time in the administration of President William Ruto, they went on strike. That is a question that should prick your conscience and the conscience of any person who is willing to think through this issue.

[00:16:09]Asante ni sana.

[00:16:11]May God bless you. Thank you very much.

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