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Use of hired goons disrupts lawful public gatherings and discussions in Kenya.[File, Standard]
The storming of a church in Nairobi by goons on Friday last week, who disrupted a post-budget analysis conference, shows that despite public outrage, rogue government and political elements are still hell-bent on deploying draconian tactics to ward off criticism and assumed threats to their careers.
It is hard to convince even a dimwit that the scores of motorbike-riding goons sat down, analysed the Finance Bill 2026 that had been tabled before Parliament by Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi only a day earlier, concluded that it was beyond reproach and vowed to shield it from public scrutiny through their crude tactics. The truth of the matter is that the majority of the so-called goons have no inkling of the contents of the Bill.
They were merely out to make a few coins, dished out by people who were too happy with the Finance Bill, so much so that they would not fathom anyone poking holes in it. Who would be so obsessed with this Bill to the point of engaging goons to forcefully deny Kenyans their constitutional right to scrutinise it? Most likely, the mayhem was organised by, and one of the suspected goons arrested during the ruckus reportedly alluded to it, someone senior in government.
