Demands
The Anglican Church of Kenya led by the Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit has called on President William Ruto to fulfil the demands of the Anti-government protesters.
Ole Sapit issued a strong demand for an end to extrajudicial killings, abductions, and police brutality against peaceful protesters urging that the rule of law must apply across the board adding that those held in police custody should be released immediately.
“Genuine protests have been infiltrated by goons who used the protests as a cover to carry out their malicious motives,” he noted while addressing the media on Friday. The Archbishop called on the demonstrators to call off their protests and give the government adequate time to implement their demands adding that the President has already fulfilled most of their demands including sacking all his cabinet secretaries.
“Freedom of speech must be upheld by the government; interference with Media and harming journalists must cease,” he lamented. Ole Sapit stated that the police should provide protesters with security and manage protests in a professional manner rather than use of firearms and making arbitrarily arrests.
He demanded that the government should come up with an implementation matrix of the demands made by the anti-government protesters within the next one week and make it available for public scrutiny and monitoring.
“The current crisis is not a revolution but an evolution, an opportunity for reforms and transformative change, the president should take this as a chance to fix all that is wrong with our governance,” he said, adding that they call for less talk and more action.
Ole Sapit urged all Kenyans to work together in creating an all-inclusive engagement and support a rebirth of Kenya that serves all.