Kenyans Plan to March Countrywide in Wednesday, the first anniversary of historic in the weather of the Congressional from protesters, to honors and killed in the last year’s anti-Government protests, but there are fears, as March could escalate in disturbing.
Rights, family members killed and missing protesters, and young kenyans, who were the main driver last year in protestations, as a moting online and offline with the public to the reminder.
Last year’s demonstrations in which 60 people died and more evidentWill be promoting a proposed tax increases. I started in peace on 18 June and then turned darkness after a violent police response, and people accused involved in protests disappeared and killed. The demands of protests and expanded calls to reform and resignation of the president, William Ruto.
The reaction-ruto Scrapped Finance Bill The contained proposed tax increases and restructured his cabinet to include the figures and create a “broad-based” command.
The road protests started with a declining of a September unless the killings Stops, vanishes The official wrath of the authorities continued.
A recent series of demonstrations are triggered by the death of the teacher, Albert Ojwang, this month was held The police custody After the peer criticize a senior police official in social media. State anger burst further and officer shot a vendor, Boniface Kariuki, to close range during another by the protesta last week.
In addition to take care of the police ferocity, issues Kenyans protested from last year – between corruption, leisure, government excesses and rising creative costs – to continue.
Mikhail Nyamweya, a political analyst, said confidence of many Kenyans – especially younger people – the government remains low and saw the administration that “attack and abducted every day contest.”
“Despite the promises of Reform, Kenyan youth seen the state that can not be delivering and always quick to suppress the disagreeable by coercion now,” he said. “Continued Reports of Man Rights Violations and Insufficient Accountability Confirmation of the perception is a little change.”
Wednesday’s policy includes peace processions in different parts of the country and digital campaigns by Hashtags. In Nairobi, people are expected to walk to Parliament and presidential office, putting flowers on the way and the lamps outside the premises. Wednesday and Wednesday.
Recent demonstrations, among them on the death of Ojwang, have been infiltrated by men in which the protesters are described as hired goons who disturb the internal by striking and conformed to Peace demonstrators.
Last week, Nairobi’s regional police leader, George Sita, called a calm by those who participate. “What I would like to be in public, let’s restrict us to what we call, peaceful demonstrations ‘,’ he said.” Let’s not demonstrations, which are to interfere with others who are not part of the demonstrators. “
However, some of the ruto’s shareholders and the pro-government civil mounds against the minor Kenyans. David NDII in Chairperson Ruto’s Council Economic Advisers, Mass About 10: “You allow you to take up arms by each seekers, there’ll be the case” before True user“You go out [You show up]I’ll tell you goodbyes before you leave home just in the case you catch a mistake. “
Rights activists called to solidarity. “Let’s stand together as a brothers and sisters tomorrow, United in solidarity” Said Hanifa Adan in 10. “Let’s go to each other and protect each other. Let us protect us from violence, political interference, and most of all, from the wild bloody police.”
In A joint called TuesdayAmbassadors of the 12 countries including the US and the UK stated its support for “all Kenyan’s right to the pacific assembly and express themselves” and urged all parts “to facilitate peaceful demonstrations and abstain from violence.”
In Kenya Conference Catholic bishop called to peaceful activities in Wednesday and criticized excessive use of force by police during demonstrations.
“Society is an instile fear in his youth, to simply talk about the company walking from Justice,” Nyeri Archbishop Anthony Muheria said to press an interview. “The government’s primary responsibility to protect citizens, not threaten, silence or punish them.”