Lawyer Miguna Miguna has added his voice to the ongoing social media spat between lawyer Morara Kebaso and human rights defender Mercy Tarus.
On Wednesday, September 18, Tarus made a series of posts on X accusing Kebaso of not being genuine about the Gen Z movement.
The 24-year-old also took issue with Kebaso for using her slogan, Kenya ni Home, for his civic education campaign.
Kenyans on X took sides in the fight with a majority siding with Kebaso who has been running the civic education campaign across the country.
On Wednesday evening, Miguna put up a post on his X page stating that Tarus was right to call out Kebaso for using her slogan.
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He said that he had spoken with Tarus over the matter, further urging Kebaso to choose another slogan as Tarus had adopted the slogan way before he started his civic education.
"I have spoken Mercy Tarus. I have also sent a message to Morara Kebaso and asked to speak with him. The issues she has raised about my comrade Morara Kebaso's unauthorized appropriation of her organization’s name/slogan are legitimate
"I ask Morara Kebaso to find and use another name or slogan for whatever he is doing or intends to do. Let us avoid unnecessary distractions. We cannot afford any distractions. Remember that our collective and individual focus should be Ruto," Miguna wrote on X.
In her rant, Tarus had also accused Kebaso of fishing ideas from other revolutionaries and presenting them in public as his own ideas.
Additionally, Tarus insinuated that Kebaso was being funded to sabotage the revolution, claiming that he had been slowly moving away from the true cause of the movement.
"It is slowly shifting from civic education and engagement to political rallies. This is what we call taking advantage of the movement. You cannot claim to be conducting any civic education and engagement by consolidating people around you like the same politicians for your selfish gains," she further stated.
In a rejoinder, Morara Kebaso stated, "No one can own a movement you can only be part of one. Let all Kenyans print Kenya ni Home and hang it on their walls."
