Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei was on Wednesday forced to withdraw his remarks from the Senate records, after branding some Kenyan activists "busybodies and good-for-nothing individuals." Cherargei had taken the Senate floor to weigh in on the saga involving Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi, who is still missing despite earlier reports of his release from Tanzanian police custody. But instead of rallying behind the cause, the senator doubled down on blame, aimed squarely at the activists themselves. "I want to thank Samia Suluhu Hassan for calling out the activists who wanted to go and disrupt the peace in Tanzania.
In fact, she should have detained and prosecuted them because they have taught this country bad manners," he said. He added: "They have taught our people to insult, to undermine, and to lose respect for the leadership of this country." The senator further warned East African countries of a new wave of activism which he claimed was financed by unnamed foreign entities, determined to destabilise African nations, adding that compromised activists must be stopped.
Last year, President Ruto accused the Ford Foundation of sponsoring the Gen Z protests. "I want to ask President Samia Suluhu that in the spirit of East Africa she should assist us to discipline some of these ill-behaved activists who continue to destabilise Kenya.
Awafinye kabisa," he remarked.
