Nairobi, 11 July, 2025 / 3:48 pm (ACI Africa).
Recent successive street demonstrations in various Kenyan cities and townships have degenerated into “murderous chaos” with reported loss of human life, injuries and destruction of property, members of the Inter-Religious Council of Kenya (IRCK) have lamented.
In their Wednesday, July 9 statement, the religious leaders, who include representatives of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) call for constitutionalism and justice for victims of the violent protests that were initially peaceful discontent with the controversial proposed Finance Bill 2024.
“Kenya is in a very sad and dangerous state. The fight by the dominant political elite to acquire, protect, and consolidate political and economic power is tearing our nation apart with unprecedented tension, violence, and killing of innocent citizens,” IRCK members say.
They lament that the President William Samoei Ruto-led government, “through ineptitude or deliberate provocations, has degenerated what started as an expression of discontent with the Finance Bill 2024 into a murderous chaos characterized by incessant demonstrations, destruction of property and public service facilities, abductions, forced disappearances, and extrajudicial killings. We cannot continue like this as a nation.”
In the statement, IRCK members urge the government to “restore public trust by ensuring senior state perpetrators of violence and financial scandals face the law through meaningful prosecutions.”
