23 June 2025, Nairobi – On this first anniversary month of the June 25th massacre of peacefully protesting youth by the state, Ukweli Party (UP) and Kongamano la Mapinduzi (KLM) jointly issue this statement to declare, without fear of contradiction, that the Ruto-Kindiki-UDA-Kenya Kwanza administration is a mortal danger to all of us, the people of Kenya.

We recall that in the wake of the GenZ-led #RejectFinanceBill2024 countrywide peaceful protests, president William Ruto choose tyranny, abductions and enforced disappearances, torture, murder, everyday intimidation and brutality as his administration’s official response to Kenyans’ legitimate demands for accountable governance and an end to state corruption and looting of public wealth.

It is in the public knowledge that president Ruto’s criminal response to Kenyans exercising the constitutional rights to freedom of expression, including through peaceful protest led to the extrajudicial killing of more than 60 protestors; enforced disappearance of at least 82 persons; the arbitrary arrest of 1,208 people and at least 132 cases of people who are still missing since the June 2024 protests. The bodies of some of those reported missing have been found dumped in rivers, abandoned quarries, mortuaries, and roadsides showing signs of torture – others mutilated and dismembered. Ukweli Party and Kongamano la Mapinduzi believe that these numbers could be higher given the impunity with which authorities have responded to their own unlawful activities.

This week we call on the sovereign people of Kenya to remember that these are not just numbers. Our compatriots were murdered. Some are still missing and unaccounted for. Families continue to mourn without hope for justice; and our nation bleeds as the Ruto-Kindiki presidency continues to normalize state crimes and impunity. President Ruto deployed snipers who shot unarmed and peaceful protestors. Security forces in uniform and others in plainclothes – some of who concealed their identities by wearing facemasks, balaclavas and tactical scarfs whilst moving in unmarked cars – shot live ammunition directly at protestors, emergency medical teams and even journalists.

It is in the public knowledge that the hunt for the young Kenyans who showed up for Kenya last year never stopped. Just last week, during peaceful protests to demand justice for Albert Ojwang, we witnessed on the streets of Nairobi the deployment of gangs armed by the state to suppress our constitutionally protected rights to peaceful protest and assembly. We saw officers of the Kenya Police Service working alongside, and protecting the goons as they violently attacked, robbed and harmed both protestors and passersby. We all know that the public officers involved in these acts of criminality cannot have acted without a Ruto-Kindiki approval.

That is why no one has been summoned or questioned by the now-severely discredited and partisan investigative agencies. Since last year, Ukweli Party and Kongamano La Mapinduzi have consistently joined forces with other patriotic Kenyans to demand full and expeditious accountability for the crimes committed by the Ruto administration in the context of the unlawful crackdown that has gone on since June last year. We knew then and know now that a presidency gone rogue cannot investigate itself – let alone hold itself accountable for its crimes.

Ukweli Party and Kongamano La Mapinduzi wish to state clearly that our country’s descent into governance by crime – and the abdication of governance under the Constitution and the rule of law – is not accidental. From the patterns we have observed since June 2024 until last week’s state response to peaceful protestors, we have legitimate concern that president William Ruto is priming the country for political violence and mayhem as a decoy for creating conditions where the next general elections are impossible. We believe that president Ruto is actively instigating a climate of civil strife to set the stage for the delay of the 2027 elections and therefore extend his first term to whatever lengths the cabal in power would wish. Ruto is actively setting our country onto a trajectory we might not survive or recover from if we allow him to continue.

During the deployment of anti-riot police and protected goons on the streets of Nairobi last week, many protesters witnessed the use of guns not known to be designated for members of the Kenya Police Service – including hunting shotguns and old muskets that we have never before seen in use by our security forces. From our witness on the streets and review of images appearing in news reports, these guns were in the hands of individuals whose dressing differed from the anti-riot police in their company. These individuals appeared trigger-happy, exuberant and violent even in the absence of provocation compared to those who we believe were legitimate police officers deployed on the streets. The guns that these individuals hold can not be traced back to the police force after ballistic analysis or investigations that occur after shootings, creating room for plausible deniability. Kenyans will recall that during the June 25
massacre last year, there appeared strange deployments on the streets of armed men not fitting the profile of our security forces.

We fear that there might be a third armed force – a militia recruited, armed and forcefully embedded alongside the Kenya Police and other security services to do the political bidding of president William Ruto and the cabal that is helping him repurpose the Government of Kenya and state system into a criminal enterprise.

Ukweli Party and Kongamano la Mapinduzi wish to remind Ruto and all his accomplices that when we, the sovereign people of Kenya created our Presidency as elaborately defined in our 2010 Constitution, we did not create a job for serial killers whose activities we fund from our taxes. We hoped for the presidency to be the clearest and brightest reflection of the nation we set out to become: one that is at peace with itself, one that is governed by the rule of law under our Constitution, and one where justice is the shield and defender of all sovereign citizens. The Presidency that we created for ourselves – not for politicians – is about service to the nation: not murder of the nation.

The Ruto-Kindiki presidency has failed on all counts of what we, the people, created that office for – and our collective expectations of those who should exercise its delegated authority. A failed presidency should be terminated and that is our call to the people of Kenya. We must bring to an end the criminality and national destruction that this presidency has orchestrated and continues to implement as we watch.

Our organizations and movements, Ukweli Party and Kongamano la Mapinduzi, today declare unequivocally that no accountability and justice for victims of state crimes is possible under a Ruto-Kindiki presidency. We remind the nation that while Ruto perfected his criminality over the last year – including through fake apologies and lies about accountability, more and more Kenyans continue to be killed by the state. Albert Ojwang, who was brutally killed early this month, is just one of the most recent cases. We must remember that before Albert Ojwang, there were the killings of Rex Maasai, Denzel Omondi, Austin Makokha, Eric Shieni, Evans Kiratu, Ryan Mwendwa, Beasley Kogi, among many others who were martyred by the state.

What then happens when those at the helm of the State and Government of Kenya are suspects and no longer defenders of our Constitution and the rule of law that they publicly swore by oath to uphold? Ukweli Party and Kongamano la Mapinduzi call on all Kenyans to stand in one accord to stop our country’s descent into the mayhem and lawlessness that the Ruto-Kindiki presidency is actively orchestrating. It is now clear that Ruto and Kindiki’s political playbook is colored with armed political thugs who will continue misusing our intelligence, law enforcement and military agencies for their political survival. This presidency and the entire UDA-Kenya Kwanza administration have lost all legitimacy and credibility to continue governing the people.

To stop further destruction of our homeland, to restore our sovereignty and power to govern ourselves justly in accordance with our progressive Constitution and the rule of law; and to revert our institutions of governance into competent, independent and accountable public services for the people of Kenya, Ukweli Party and Kongamano la Mapinduzi demand the following:

• Full disclosure by the Inspector General of Police of what exactly happened on June 25
  2024 and after in relation to who gave the orders leading to the extrajudicial killing of peaceful protestors; the abduction, disappearances, torture, and murder of protestors and online critics of government policies; and if there are armed political militia groups entertained within official police deployments. In addition to ongoing murder cases and ongoing inquests, we demand that judicial inquests must be started for all those killed in the June 2024 protests.
• A parliamentary inquest to look into the conduct of the Ruto-Kindiki presidency so as to establish if their response to the June 2024 protests and subsequent crackdown on government critics and protestors violated the Constitution of Kenya and hold them to full account in accordance with the Constitutional mandate of the National Assembly and Senate as prescribed under Articles 95, 96 and 145 of the Constitution of Kenya. Ukweli Party and Kongamano la Mapinduzi fully know the integrity and credibility deficits of the National Assembly and Senate but we make this demand because they are well paid employees of Kenyans and the Constitution grants them responsibility to hold the Executive to account on behalf of the people of Kenya. They have no choice but to change their ways and represent the people as required;
• Above all, the resignation of the Ruto-Kindiki presidency in the public interest for serial unconstitutional, unlawful and criminal conduct as we have highlighted in this statement.

Finally, we ask Kenyans to join the families of those we lost to criminal state violence during and after the #RejectFinanceBill2024 last year – in Nairobi and across the country as they present their demands for justice to public officials. We will be marching alongside you, for Ukweli Party and Kongamano la Mapinduzi are part of our forward march into a new Kenyan history of freedom, dignity, social justice and peace for ALL.

We welcome all Kenyans who share this determination, hopes and dreams for Kenya to join our just and righteous struggle that seeks to create a new Kenya that accords peace, justice and dignity to all. Defeating the anti-people Ruto-Kindiki administration is a first crucial mission for all of us: they cannot maim and kill us, and lead us.

*end of statement*
Note to Editors: For further engagement, contact Sungu Oyoo, National Spokesperson of
Kongamano La Mapinduzi – KLM (0724917875) & Nduko O’Matigere, the National
Chairperson/Party Leader of Ukweli Party (0720131574)

une 12 2025, Nairobi – We thank all Comrades, and especially members of the media fraternity for attending this press conference that is of utmost importance to the nation.

This press conference has been called by Kongamano la Mapinduzi. Kongamano la Mapinduzi is  a coalition of diverse Kenyan individuals, organizations, initiatives and movements, generally identifiable as progressive within struggles for civil, political, social, cultural, economic and ecological justice and freedoms.

Kongamano la Mapinduzi has called for today’s press conference to enable us address two important issues that have captured the national attention at this particular moment – the brutal murder of Albert Ojwang, and the 2025/2026 budget.

Murder of Albert Ojwang

Kongamano la Mapinduzi called for a press briefing on Monday, 9th June 2025, at the Nairobi Funeral Home (formerly City Mortuary) to not only condemn the killing of Albert Ojwang, but to also demand for justice and accountability for the more than 60 Kenyans who we have lost since last year. Albert, who was arrested by six police officers in Migori last weekend, was driven for over 350 kilometres to Nairobi, tortured, then detained at Central Police Station where he was killed.

The Inspector General of Police, Douglass Kanja, told the nation on Monday (9th June) that Albert Ojwang had died from self-inflicted injuries that he sustained after smashing his head against a wall while under police custody. The whole nation is aware of the post-mortem results that were released on Tuesday afternoon – results which indicate that Albert died not only from blunt force trauma to the head, but also from strangulation and other injuries inflicted on him  by his abductors. The signs outlined in the pathologists report are consistent with torture.

Albert died a painful death. He died an excruciating death. He died a death that no human being deserves. Albert was a vibrant teacher. He was a young Kenyan with a young family. Albert Ojwang was full of dreams for the future. These dreams have been cut short through state violence. Albert is no more.

Baddies, we are dying in hospitals because they do not have enough medicine. Baddies, we are dying because of lack of knowledge, for our schools are both understaffed and under-equipped to prepare our generation for life in the 21st Century. And the system again wants us to die from its bullets? No!! We are tired of dying!!

KLM extends its deepest condolences to the family of Albert Ojwang. We cannot even pretend to imagine the pain they feel. All we can state is that it is a reflection of the pain of thousands of families across the country who have lost their loved ones to such senseless acts of violence – whether sanctioned by the state, or other powerful internal and external forces.

We welcome the investigative processes set up by Parliament and IPOA, but concurrently warn them that Kenyans are waiting for justice to be served. These two institutions should, and must not allow their investigative or oversight processes to be abused or used to cover up the murder of Albert Ojwang.

Kongamano la Mapinduzi demands the following:

1. An end to extra-judicial killings in our country. According to a report by Missing Voices, the continued weaponisation of the police and other security agencies against the people of Kenya resulted in at least 104 police-related killings, and 55 enforced disappearances in 2024 alone. We insist that the police should be a source of security, not insecurity.
2. An immediate and independent inquiry or investigation to establish who killed Albert Ojwang’. This process should involve the arrest and prosecution of all who were involved in Albert Ojwang’s arrest, interrogation and murder, including those they were reporting to, or receiving orders from, as relates to this particular matter.
3. The resignation of Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat who was the complainant in this particular issue, and who is clearly a person of interest in the murder case. We further demand the resignation of the Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, for feeding the nation false information – presumably with the intention of covering–up the murder of Albert Ojwang. It is not enough to fire a few junior officers, while letting the big boys go scot-free. That is a shallow action that does not impress us! We are tired of your performative actions.

Justice must be served!

2025/2026 Budget: They are Budgeting to Kill us.

The 2025/2026 budget will be read before Parliament this afternoon. This budget comes at a time when most Kenyans are already overburdened by a high cost of living and high taxes, and are again forced to dig even deeper into their pockets to access ‘so-called’ public services such as healthcare and education.

Kenyans have, for the longest time, been appealing for the institution of progressive budget mechanisms that are pro-people. They have instead received tax-heavy and service-deficient budget mechanisms. Kongamano la Mapinduzi notes that the national budget as currently structured – and especially when read in conjunction with the Finance Bill and Appropriations Bill – is a criminal enterprise that benefits only a few individuals and corporations.

The 2025 Finance Bill, which is set to be presented before Parliament in a few days, is antipeople. Why is it anti-people? It is anti-people because it scraps VAT exemptions on essential commodities, including farm inputs. The scrapping of these VAT exemptions will increase the cost of production for farmers, and is likely to translate to higher food prices for the larger majority. it proposes a 5% agriculture tax on tea, coffee and avocado sales, which will additionally eat into the earnings of small-holder farmers who are already burdened by the new taxes on farm inputs – and only serves to further reduce disposable income at the household level.

The 2025 Finance Bill also increases the fuel levy – a move that will not only increase the cost of fuel but also resultantly effect an increase in the cost of electricity, manufacturing and transport. The bill further proposes 15% taxes on internet costs, and a neonatal tax – which is a tax on new born babies. Yes, Kenyans will now be taxed for giving birth. That is the blatant madness that we are everyday forced to confront.

Of fundamental concern to Kongamano la Mapinduzi is the fact that this increase in taxes has been accompanied by budget cuts in allocations toward social services like healthcare and education. The executive, meanwhile, continues to display an insatiable appetite for opulence and unnecessary spending – as evidenced by the recent renovations at State House, purchase of fuel guzzlers, inflated travel costs, among other unnecessary expenditures – all this despite the country facing a huge budget deficit of around 1 trillion shillings.

The police drove Albert Ojwang for over 300 kilometres to kill him. Baddies, this government is taxing us, then wastefully using our taxes to kill us. Dear baddies, the only difference between this 2025/2026 budget and a hangman’s noise is that one is made of sisal. Both can kill.

KLM takes this earliest opportunity to remind the broad-based government that it must live within its means. You cannot increase taxes on already-overtaxed Kenyans so as to finance your extravagant and opulent lifestyles – or to kill us.

At this particular moment, Parliament as an institution should be asserting its authority in defense of the people. Our Parliament is however, captured by the executive, and unable to effectively play its oversight and representative roles, or to simply stand up for what is right.

Earlier this week, the Budget and Appropriations Committee tabled final budget estimates for 2025/2026 before Parliament. These estimates recommended an increase in allocation of 150 million for the DCI to procure a system to track social media users. In total, the National Police Service budget could rise by 1.8 billion. They are budgeting to kill us.

The committee also reduced the allocation to the National Fund for the Disabled by 400 million. Allocation to the Teachers Service Commission has reduced by 570 million, with resources dedicated to the capacity building of teachers slashed by 620 million. Allocation to university education has been slashed by 920 million, secondary education slashed by 4 billion, and primary education slashed by 405 million. This is utter nonsense.

In light of the above, Kongamano la Mapinduzi rejects the 2025/2026 budget in its entirety -even before it is read this afternoon.

Way forward

Kongamano la Mapinduzi is aware that millions of Kenyans are concerned about recent national events and political occurrences at this particular moment, and that they are taking action in different shapes and forms. We are aware that there are a number of peaceful marches planned by baddies from across the country over the next few days.

We wish to bring two of these to public attention:

• There will be peaceful groups delivering a petition to the Central Police Station in Nairobi and to the office of the Inspector General of Police this afternoon regarding the murder of Albert Ojwang. We ask the police to accord respect to these just and righteous people-led processes by not starting violence.
• On Friday 13th June, the mother’s and families of those who we have lost since June last year will deliver a notice of protest to Central Police Station in Nairobi. We again ask the National Police Service to accord respect to this peaceful process, and facilitate where necessary.

Lastly,

Dear baddies, we have noticed an increase in the number of plain-clothed police officers and criminal elements who are infiltrating marches and protests with the intention of creating confusion, mayhem, and violence. We ask that all police come in uniform, and wish to emphasise that anything without uniform shall be treated as part of the criminal elements and networks that seek to delegitimise our just and righteous struggle for a better Kenya.

All power to the people!

Signed,

KLM Central Committee