President William Ruto has declared that the section of anti-finance bill protesters who breached parliament and torched part of the legislature installations will be brought to justice.
The protesters climaxed their mass action demonstrations by invading the National Assembly buildings on Tuesday, June 25.
They vandalised amenities and made away with items.
The display caught the attention of the world.
Speaking at State House, Nairobi, on Saturday, June 29, the president observed that the culprits were criminals who infiltrated the protests.
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It is, however, not lost that the "Occupy Parliament" movement was intensely mobilised on Kenyan social media with the aim of pressuring lawmakers against passing the Finance Bill 2024.
Ruto said the state agencies will look for them to face the law.
"The protests were infiltrated by other people. Those who burnt parliament were not these children; they were criminals. We are going to look for them because you can't destroy public property and escape. We will engage our youths, but we will also deal with the criminals in accordance with the law.
How does destroying and looting property help solve the issues we have? We must separate the issues our youths are raising and the criminality for those looting property and destroying public property," said Ruto.
Meanwhile, the president has restated his resolve to engage the youths and address the issues bedevilling them.
In a sudden shift from an aggressive head of state to a conciliatory one, Ruto recognised that the issues raised by the young population were genuine and deserved the government's attention.
He sanctioned the formation of a multi-sectoral team to look into the youth's grievances.
