12 May KLM Statement on the Harassment of Mukuru Activists by The DCI.
PATRIOTISM IS NOT A CRIME – STOP INTIMIDATING ACTIVISTS.
KLM Statement on the Harassment of Mukuru Activists by The DCI.
Nairobi, 12 May 2025 – Kongamano la Mapinduzi strongly condemns the harassment of our Central Committee member, Anami Daudi Toure, who was earlier today summoned by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Embakasi alongside six other activists from Mukuru Community Justice Centre because of a political education session that they conducted following a community screening of the recently-released BBC documentary ‘Blood Parliament’.
Though the activists have been released this afternoon, it is clear to us at Kongamano la Mapinduzi that the Ruto regime is quickly dismantling the constitutional gains of the past three decades and reinstating the Moi-KANU dictatorship. This is evidenced by the renewed assault on progressive grassroots organisations and their work, as we all witnessed today.
This new wave of police summons is aimed at reversing our struggles for justice and dignity. It is aimed at intimidating grassroots activists into silence. The forward march of this generation into history cannot however be silenced, for we recognise our generational responsibility in terms of birthing a new Kenya that guarantees peace, justice and dignity for all.
Mukuru Community Justice Center is a non-violent grassroots human rights organization that was founded in 2017. Over the years, this organisation has done excellent work aimed at achieving justice for the residents of Mukuru, and consistently been part of our shared struggle for a better Kenya. They have set a commendable example, and should be emulated.
Kongamano la Mapinduzi urges the comrades and organising units in Mukuru to stay strong and vigilant. KLM additionally extends gratitude to all the comrades, lawyers and organisations that extended solidarity to the seven activists who were facing police harassment and intimidation today.
Patriotism is not a crime! Activism is not a crime!
Signed,
KLM Central Committee –