We cannot let Gen Z do what they please – Murkomen
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has called for greater control over the actions of young people in the country.
Speaking on Sunday, Murkomen stated that the younger generation cannot be allowed to “do what they want”.
“Tumejiwachilia kusema Gen Z wanataka kuongea, wacha waseme na wafanye vile wanataka. Freedom without control is dangerous for our society and children,” he said.
General Kahairi and NIS boss Noordin Haji condemned the movement which Kenyan youth have sustained since last year’s protests against President William Ruto’s government, sparking criticism over their involvement in politics.
Kenyan politicians are now engulfed in a heated debate after some Ruto agents tried to order Kenyans to stop their slogan of “Ruto Must Go”.
It is a stupid idea for the Ruto mob to try to silence Kenyans and it is not going to work. It is equally nonsense for opposition leaders to think that the “Ruto Must Go” will give them victory in 2027 because a political cry or slogan is not a vote in the ballot box. Every opposition leader who hears the Ruto Must Go cry thinks it is a vote for them.
Rigathi Gachagua hears the slogan and says to himself, that is my vote. Kalonzo Muysoka thinks the same and so does Martha Karua and Fred Matiang’i.
What they don’t want to deal with and have no clue about is that more than 90% of those brave young Kenyans demanding the political demise of William Ruto do not have voting cards and many of them do not even have IDs to register as voters if Ruto mercifully allows the IEBC to start voter registration.
It would be great if the opposition was obsessing about how to get these young Kenyans registered to vote in 2027 instead of dancing around thinking these are their votes.
There is no doubt that the Gen Z revolution in Kenya which started in June 2024 has been a big game changer in Kenya politics as of today.
One of the greatest things in the Gen Z rebellion in Kenya is how it brought together Kenyan young people from both genders.
For once we have Kenyans both young girls and women on the streets fighting for a better Kenya with their brothers. That never happened before in our country and it is something we have to seize on and build because that is where our country is going to. Just marvelous.
This generation of Kenyans protesting the brutal Ruto government have been great for our country because they are tribeless, party less, and leaderless. That is great but it has its consequences. I have been there as 22 year old Nairobi University Student leader as the Secretary General of Students Organization of Nairobi University (SONU).
People loved us in Nairobi and our slogan was “Power to The People” and the crowds would roar back “Power”. We would go down Koinange Street and just talk to ordinary Kenyans and they told us not to give up. One time I was being beaten by cops and some guy came down from a building and said come up and takes me to safety.
Then I spent 9 months at Nairobi Industrial Prison Centre, INDA, the worst prison in Kenya where they keep you before you are sent to Kamiti.
I come out and complete my education at the University of Nairobi and get a great job as an accounting lecturer at Mombasa polytechnic, now Pwani University in Mombasa.
As activists something struck us hard. Being leaderless is dangerous in real time politics. When you are fighting for political power in the country you need leaders ready to take that job and accepted by the citizens.
In our time we chose the likes of Raila Odinga, Kenneth Matiba, George Anyona and so many others but we realized we were not going to take the government just out of jail and with no possible candidates for leadership in the country. The opposition against the dictatorship screwed up by having so many candidates against Moi and Moi won. Same shit is happening now in Kenya against the Ruto government.
I was happy to hear that there was a meeting and a process going on within the Gen Z movement at Ufangmano House. Keep that going.
Otherwise the biggest danger to the Gen Z movement is the completely disorganized opposition groups in Kenya. The country will have five opposition presidential candidates in 2027. That is a gift to Ruto which he will not reject.
What else?
Yes Here is The Game Changer
Welcome. This maybe the leadership the Gen Z population needs to to transform the country. Time up it seems for the Ruto regime.
I will be on the ballot in 2027, ex-CJ David Maraga says
Maraga said he is ready to offer himself for the top job from where he will be able to initiate change.
Speaking on Sunday in Kisii after a church service, Maraga said he is ready to offer himself for the top job from where he will be able to initiate change.
The former CJ was, however, quick to point out that the final word rests with the electorate, while dismissing that he is not anyone’s project.
“At the end of the day, it is the people who will decide. Just relax, wait and in due course you will make your mind yourself whether or not I’m a state project,” he said.
Maraga added: “We are praying that they (IEBC Selection Panel) select fit people; honest people to deliver a free and fair election.”
His declaration comes amid a stance by a section of top Kisii leaders led by Senator Richard Onyonka that the region’s preferred presidential candidate to battle it out with President William Ruto at the polls is former Interior CS Fred Matiangi.
“We have decided that as a community we are also going to set up our own political party. We are going to produce our own candidate who will negotiate with the President and all the other people who are running for political office in this country and that candidate is none other than Fred Matiangi,” Onyonka said.
Maraga recently welcomed endorsement by the Gen Z to vie for the presidency, stating that he is discussing the matter with various stakeholders.
Speaking after a public lecture at Rongo University in Migori county on March 27, Maraga said he would make the final decision public.
“The request has been made; I’m discussing it with various stakeholders. I will make a final decision, and when the time comes, we will see whether or not we will do that,” he said.
The former CJ stated that one should clearly understand the power of the contribution that one has to make when they earn an elective position.
He added that anyone seeking an elective position should decide to serve in accordance with the requirement of the seat.
Maraga noted that he is ready to serve, citing his tenure at the Judiciary.
“I was head of one arm of government. There is no magic about being a head of another arm of government,” he said.
He stated that he knew well the problems facing Kenyans, listing corruption as the major issue.
“The major problem in this country is corruption. Budgeted and institutional corruption that is not been solved effectively and as a result, the country is not able to have enough resources to deal with the issues that are there,” Maraga said.
