National Assembly Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Suna East, Junet Mohammed, has claimed that Kenya's cost of living is low, attributing public concerns to political demonstrations.
Speaking in Migori County on Thursday, August 14, Junet argued that recent protests lacked clear objectives, unlike previous opposition demonstrations that fought for a lower cost of living.
"The cost of living is very low. What is high is the cost of politics because people are demonstrating for no particular reason. Unlike ours, they have no agenda, whereas we had sufurias on the head with an agenda. I can't understand the point of these current protests," he stated.
Junet also expressed ODM's backing for the current broad-based government arrangement and praised the planned compensation for protest victims.
"We fully support the broad-based government, and I'm looking forward to the plan to compensate protest victims. It is a very bold move your Excellency," he stated.
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The minority leader emphasized that ODM supporters had been significantly affected by past protest violence, making the compensation initiative particularly relevant to his party.
"If there are people who have suffered in protests, it's ODM. I was happy to hear that the compensation will return to those affected since 2017," he noted.
Recalling a specific incident, Junet described the human cost his party had endured during demonstrations.
"There was a day we picked our party leader, Raila Odinga, from the airport, and on our way back, we lost 17 people. We have experienced the rough side of protest. So we are very happy as ODM because some of those families will get some compensation," he said.
President Ruto recently established a committee to develop compensation frameworks for victims of protests and demonstrations.
The team has been tasked with creating coordination mechanisms for compensating both civilians and security officers who suffered injuries or lost their lives during protests since 2017.
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