Migori Senator Eddy Oketch has slammed Homa Bay Town Member of Parliament Peter Kaluma after he called for the ban of BBC in Kenya following the Blood Parliament documentary that investigated killings during the parliament invasion in June 2025.
In a statement on Tuesday, April 29, Oketch said he was disappointed in Kaluma and other ODM leaders rubbishing the BBC documentary.
He pointed out that in the 10-point memorandum of understanding signed by ODM leader Raila Odinga and President William Ruto, there is compensation for people killed during the protests and resolving extra-judicial killings.
“I am disappointed in Kaluma and the likes who are rubbishing the BBC documentary. This is not the spirit of the broad-based government… in the MoU signed by Rt Hon Raila Odinga and H.E. President Ruto, the ten-point agenda includes compensation of GenZs killed and putting an end to extrajudicial killings,” Oketch stated.
The Migori Senator pointed out that ODM leaders cannot stabilize the government by running away from the clouds of darkness in the past.
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According to Oketch, solving the extrajudicial killings and other crimes starts by acknowledging they happened and remorsefully taking responsibility.
“Hon. Kaluma and his wavy National Assembly counterparts need to be informed that, when the National Assembly ran away in the middle of these protests, the Senate of Kenya stayed put in parliament, and passed a motion that demanded the government compensates victims, the President sanctions investigations on rogue police and bring to justice the perpetrator police officers,” said Oketch.
Further, the ODM senator said that while he agrees with the BBC documentary's diction, he cannot deny that there are irresponsible policemen who should be dealt with.
"While I detest the journalistically sensational style and diction of the documentary, we cannot, as Kenyans, deny the reeling truths of irresponsible killer policemen on our borders. As we speak, our people in Gwitembe Angata Barrikoi are being shot to death by the police,” he added.
Kaluma, in a statement on Monday, claimed that the BBC documentary was 'inciteful' and 'twisted and called for the ban of the British broadcaster in Kenya.
"Ban the BBC in Kenya. The role played by the media in any democracy is too important to be discharged irresponsibly. The media can build a greater democracy or destroy an otherwise stable state. Lest we forget, the Rwanda mass annihilation would not have occurred were it not for reckless media," Kaluma stated.
The Blood Parliament documentary, which was released on Monday, April 28, identified officers who shot protesters during the parliament invasion on June 25, 2024.
