As they were about to start their much-heralded rallies in Kisii and the Gussi area, the entire United Opposition team launched a scathing attack on the Ruto government claiming that there were plans to attack them during the rallies and promising to fight any teargas and any police violence against them.
Opposition leaders condemn Kisii violence, claims police under pressure to protect goons
Leaders warn they are documenting police misconduct for future actions.
According to media reports, on February 22, 2026, the opposition leaders convened a press conference ahead of their three-day tour of the Gusii region to call out security agencies for failing to apprehend goons. Rigathi Gachagua accused police officers of working under pressure to collaborate with hired gangs to frustrate opposition events.
He warned that the cases of goons being deployed to disrupt their events will be counterproductive, adding that they are documenting incidents of alleged police excesses and warning that officers found culpable would be held accountable under a future administration.
“This administration is putting police under pressure to work with goons, to defend goons and to work goons to disrupt our meetings. The more you disrupt our meetings, the more you harass elected leaders, the stronger this movement becomes,” Gachagua said.
He added; “We have a team recording cases of police brutality and the involvement of goons. Those responsible will face action when a new government takes office. I want to tell William Ruto, you got to power through a popular vote, but somehow you seem to have changed your mind and think that you can get back to power through guns, bullets, teargas and goons. It’s never worked anywhere, not in Africa or in the world.”
Wiper Patriotic Front leader and former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka warned that police chiefs risk being referred to the International Criminals Court (ICC) under the command responsibility doctrine.
“It’s regrettable that we have any loss of life; one life lost is one too many. It is the responsibility of any government in office to ensure the security and peace of its people but what we are witnessing under the Ruto administration is desperation,” Kalonzo said.
He added; “We want to remind them that Kenya is a signatory to the Rome Statute and International Criminal Court. The issue is very simple; any officer bearing the highest responsibility will be held accountable even before the ICC.”
Former Interior Affairs Cabinet Secretary and Jubilee Party leader Fred Matiang’i wondered why leaders were resorting to the use of violence to block their opponents from campaigning.
“It is unfortunate that some leaders are resorting to violence to silence others. More than six decades after independence, we should not be losing lives or threatening people over political competition,” Matiang’i said.
Those were the big brave statements from United Opposition leaders who were getting ready to fight police teargas and bullets in Gussi land and Kalonzo was promising that he will take William Ruto to the ICC as soon as he becomes Kenya’s president, except that even he does not know when and if that would happen at all.
The real show here was that the opposition leaders were preparing to be the Kenyan martyrs being beaten and sacrificing their lives for Kenya and ready to fight.
The nightmare for them was that there were no police teargas or any police involvement with their rallies which was terrible for them because now what could they possibly talk about and the media which thrives on chaos had nothing to report and these fellas just had the most boring “big tour” any political group has had so far.
If this continues the opposition will have no choice but to hire goons and start setting fire on their own stages so some smoke blooms and that becomes the news about the “Alternative Government” being persecuted.
The United opposition after promising to take Ruto to the ICC should sue the Kenya police for letting them down and not beating them up senseless so they can seek some mercy and sympathy from Kenyans.
Does this mean with no teargas and drama the opposition has to look for some new strategy to attract the attention of Kenyans like maybe having a plan for the nation and the people if they were to run the country.
Oh come on that is not fair. That is William Ruto trying to kill the United Opposition without teargas. No way that is going to happen as far as the opposition is concerned.
