Homa Bay Town constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Kaluma has proposed a shift from expressing grievances through protests to petitioning relevant government institutions.
Taking to his official X account on the night of Monday, June 23, 2025, Kaluma argued that the country had fought so hard and lost many of its citizens to bring the current constitution.
According to him, the region he represents will, going forward, petition relevant government institutions for any issues they want addressed.
Kaluma on street protests
The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party lawmaker says that his people should no longer engage in street protests.
He argues that the youth from other regions should continue eating street brutality, arguing that the Nyanza region, which was in the opposition for a long time before ODM party leader Raila Odinga struck a deal with President William Ruto, is now on leave to rebuild.
“We fought so hard and lost many of our people to bring the current constitution. Going forward, we will petition relevant government institutions for what we need. No more street protests from us! Let youths from that other region eat street brutality. We are on leave to rebuild!” Kaluma stated.
Gen Z memorial protests
Kaluma’s remarks come barely 48 hours before the street protests scheduled for Wednesday, June 25, 2025, aimed at commemorating the June 2024 Anti-Finance Bill protests that saw many lives lost through police brutality when the parliament was breached.
Senior economic advisor to President William Ruto, Moses Kuria, has urged calm and peace ahead of the protests to commemorate the Gen Zs who died and were maimed during the demos of 2024.
Speaking during a live TV show on Sunday, June 22, 2025, Kuria noted that his constituency is the businesspeople and people who rely on stability and peace to go about their lives.
“The businesspeople are looking up to me; parents who just want peace for their children to go to school and come back are also looking up to me,” Kuria said.
“There are so many people who do not care about the things that we are yapping about; an overwhelming majority of Kenyans who just want to go about their normal lives; I exist for those people.”
“I really hope that we can have some creation of peace and stability for such people. We have a good country; other people come here and get envious of our country,” he added.
“We have a very wonderful nation that we should jealously guard. When it comes to issues of just having a country, let us have a country first; working is a bonus.”
The former cabinet secretary warned against a developing trend where the nation has become volatile and is provoked easily by incidents of police brutality.
