Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has defended Gen Z protestors, rejecting claims they were behind looting and arson during recent demonstrations.
Touring Nakuru County on Thursday, July 3, Kagwe argued that external actors were using protests to incite chaos and urged the public not to blame the youth. "Don't be lied to, that it's your children… It is not our children, it is not the Gen-Z demonstrators who are doing those things," said Kagwe.
His comments counter Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, who has repeatedly labelled the protests a national security threat. After the Wednesday, June 25, demonstrations, Murkomen claimed looters at a Quickmart supermarket left identity cards linking them to Gen Z protestors, further alleging the protests were part of a coup attempt.
The Communications Authority (CA) ordered a live broadcast shutdown during the protests, a move widely viewed as an effort to silence public dissent.
