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Goonsim in Kenya detoriating security.[File, Standard]
Kenyans have witnessed shocking cases of violence in different parts of the country in the recent past. Goons and police officers appear determined not only to deny the people their constitutional rights to hold meetings, demonstrations and go about their lives peacefully but also to snuff out their right to life by using crude weapons and even guns.
On Sunday, Murang'a Governor Irungu Kang'ata's driver was shot in the chest by a person suspected to be a security officer during a Linda Mwananchi rally in Nyahururu. The same day, goons armed with machetes, bows and arrows and stones, among other crude weapons, stormed a church in Kisumu where Linda Mwananchi leaders James Orengo and Edwin Sifuna were in attendance. What was more shocking were witness accounts that police officers present did nothing, and even seemed to egg on the criminals.
On Saturday, hooded men suspected to be police officers attacked and set ablaze a campaign truck belonging to Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP). A week ago, hired goons attacked a Linda Mwananchi convoy in Kisii while police officers stood by. This is not a new trend. It is a pattern witnessed since the 2024 Gen Z uprising when police officers worked hand in hand with goons to quell protests over the controversial Finance Bill and the high cost of living.
