Homa Bay Town Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Kaluma has warned former Chief Justice (CJ) David Maraga against inciting the Kenyan youths ahead of the June 25, 2025, protests to honour those who lost their lives during the 2024 anti-government protests.
In a statement on Monday, June 23, 2025, Kaluma has dared the former Chief Justice to appear in the streets in solidarity with the young people.
“Don’t incite other people’s children to go to the streets for nothing from the comfort of your Karen home – lead from the front,” he stated.
Furthermore, he has rebuked Maraga after the latter sent a direct message to President William Ruto regarding the infiltration of goons in the recent protests, stating that the head of state does not command the National Police Service (NPS).
“The President does not command the police,” he declared.
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Speaking outside All Saints’ Cathedral in Nairobi, on June 22, 2025, where he attended an interdenominational prayer service in honour of young Kenyans killed during the June 2024 anti-Finance Bill protests, Maraga told Ruto that such a move could risk sliding the country into lawlessness.
Maraga’s message to Ruto
Maraga unequivocally informed Ruto that if he failed to intervene, the goons would morph and become an insecurity menace, a similar situation being experienced in Haiti.
“I have one short message for President Ruto. President Ruto, the ultimate security and welfare of the people of Kenya rests in your hands,” Maraga stated.
“Please, don’t send us to the state where Haiti is. When you allow goons to come and disperse peaceful demonstrators on the streets, you are sending us to Haiti,” the emeritus chief justice pleaded with Ruto.
“Please, stop that. You have the ability to stop that,” Maraga reiterated.
At the same time, Maraga, who recently declared interest in taking a stab at the country’s top seat, firmly told a section of the media outside All Saints’ Cathedral that he cannot take a back seat when young people are being killed.
Maraga made it clear that he would continue speaking up against all forms of ills befalling the country.
“The Gen-Zs who are being killed are our children, and we cannot stand idle and watch as they die,” Maraga stated.
