Interior CS Kindiki responds on police brutality meted on Saba Saba protesters
CS Kindiki asks police not to interfere with unharmed protesters in response to brutality witnessed during Saba Saba demonstrations
CS Kindiki asks police not to interfere with unharmed protesters in response to brutality witnessed during Saba Saba demonstrations.
Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has told police not to interfere with Kenyans who assemble for purposes of either picketing or demonstrating so long as they do so peacefully.
The CS said during a security baraza in Tharaka Nithi that police had no justification for confronting unharmed protestors who are exercising their right to picket or demonstrate.
“Kama wananchi hawana silaha, wachana na wananchi waseme mambo yao (If citizens are unarmed, let them say whatever they want to say),” Kindiki said.
“Kama hawajabeba silaha, hawaumizi mtu, hawavunji duka ya mtu wacha waongee mambo yao. Ikifika jioni wataenda nyumbani, ikiwezekana wasindikishwe (If they are not armed, they are not hurting anyone (and) they are not breaking anyone’s shop, let them express themselves. Come evening, they will go home, if possible escort them).”
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Kindiki’s remarks come amid a clash witnessed on Friday between security officers and protesters who were participating in Saba Saba demonstrators.
Police fired teargas and used water canons at the demonstrators during the Saba Saba protest called by the Azimio coalition.
The protests have also seen 6 people dead and several others are still hospitalised.
Raila led a Saba Saba rally on Friday which marked the beginning of civil disobedience aimed at denying President William Ruto taxes in protest of the controversial Finance Bill passed two weeks ago.
The protests are set to resume again this week on Wednesday.
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