National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has challenged the Kenyan youth to embrace civility while expressing their frustrations, urging them to focus on the good of the country.
Speaking on Friday, June 10, 2025, during a women’s empowerment program in Borabu, Nyamira County, the speaker urged the youth to shun being drawn into conflicts that do not concern them.
“Don’t be drawn into conflicts that are not yours and hate people you don’t even know. Don’t hate people who have not even wronged you; focus on our country,” he stated.
Speaking on the mayhem witnessed in Nairobi following the demonstrations against the killings of Albert Ojwang, Wetang’ula observed that the tendency to indiscriminately vent out anger has destroyed people’s livelihoods.
“Those bringing chaos and destroying other property, as has happened in Nairobi, we condemn them. People struggle to build lives only to lose them when skirmishes arise and the youths come and take away their property. You end up crippling someone who has struggled so much to be where he is,” he said.
On police brutality
Wetang’ula also touched on the subject of police brutality, stating that the individuals responsible for the excesses meted out to citizens should be held responsible.
“Even in our police, we can’t use an incident of one policeman to condemn the entire force. They are here to preserve law and order,” he added.
His sentiments come amid mounting criticism towards the conduct of the police service in the country, following the killing of Albert Ojwang, which sparked widespread demonstrations, from the youthful populace in Nairobi.
The Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) in the Nyanza region on Friday, June 20, 2025, added its voice to the matter, accusing the police of continued hostilities towards the youth.
The clergy, led by Maseno South Bishop Charles Onginjo, also came out boldly accusing the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) unit of being behind a worrying rise in enforced disappearances, harassment, and extrajudicial killings.
“We cannot and will not keep quiet when a police unit, paid by taxpayers, operates like a terror gang licensed to kill,” said Bishop Onginjo. “The DCI has morphed into a dreaded force being used by the powerful to suppress and instill fear in innocent Kenyans.”
“Time has come that a body like the DCI should be phased out,” he noted.
