Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has appealed to the Gen Zs to halt anti-government protests.
Speaking on Sunday, July 14, during a church service at Apostolic Faith Fellowship in the USA, Gachagua said the young people are needed to make a change to the country’s leadership in the 2027 general election.
The DCP leader noted that the change cannot happen if the Gen Zs are maimed or killed during demonstrations.
“We want change through the ballot on the 10th of August 2027. And I have made a special appeal to the Gen Zs, I have told them ‘my children, we need you around to effect this change and you cannot effect it when you are dead or shot in the leg and you are crippled’,” said Gachagua.
The former DP went on to say that the youth have already made their point during the past protests.
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Gachagua said halting the demos should not be seen as a cowardly move but as a strategy ahead of 2027.
“I have asked the Gen Zs now to stop it; they have made their point. If they go to the streets, the orders to kill them are out. And we need these children to live and enjoy the change they desire.
“Please don’t mistake it to be cowardly, for it is just being strategic, a good soldier must live to fight another day. And the Gen Zs is a group of people we need to make change,” Gachagua added.
His remarks come days after President William Ruto said the government will use whatever means possible to stabilize the country and ensure there is peace.
Speaking on July 10 at Kilimani Police Station, Ruto directed police officers to shoot individuals destroying businesses in the leg, telling them to “break their legs” but avoid killing them.
"Someone who goes to burn another person's business; someone who takes fire and goes to destroy another person’s livelihood should be shot in the legs, taken to the hospital, and then taken to court,” said Ruto.
"They should not be killed, but their legs should be broken so they go to the hospital, and afterward they should be taken to court.”
