Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has revealed he was against protestors marching to State House.
Speaking on Thursday, June 26, Omtatah said that such a move would have resulted in more bloodshed.
The Busia Senator noted that he deliberately joined the protestors on Wednesday, June 25, to stop them from going to State House.
“There was a very big pressure for people to march to State House, and one of the reasons I was sitting down and attracting the crowd was to stop that march because I knew people were going to be killed. I didn’t want another life lost when we were just commemorating the death of other people,” Omtatah said.
He pointed out that Kenyans should avoid an uprising and instead channel their anger to a revolution via the ballot in the 2027 elections.
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Omtatah argued that the danger of an uprising is that it results in chaos, and organized groups can take advantage of it and take state power.
“You can see where Sudan is, because Sudan was not able to harness the anger of the people and to guide it away from being an uprising to being a revolution,” he stated.
The Busia Senator urged Kenyans to register as voters and prepare to vote in a new administration come 2027.
“People must be registered as voters, and once they are registered, we must prepare to go to elections and monitor all polling stations,” Omtatah added.
His remarks come after Kenyans came out in numbers on Wednesday to mark the first anniversary since the deadly 2024 anti-Finance Bill protests.
The demonstrations were witnessed across major towns nationwide; however, the day ended in tragedy with over 10 people being killed by the security agencies.
In Nairobi, protestors attempted to march to State House but were dispersed by the police after they reached near State House Girls High School.
