We Have Deployed All Available Resources To Deal With Violent Protesters, Kindiki

NAIROBI Kenya July 18 -The national security agencies have deployed all the available resources to ensure there will be no violence and destruction of property during the planned Azimio demonstrations.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has warned that the scenes witnessed on July 12 will not happen again.

“Anyone planning to unleash violence on Kenyans is hereby warned to cease and desist,” he said.

Kindiki however said those who wish to express their political rights do so within the law and without violating the rights of others.

“Those who doubt the Government resolve to prevent further loss of life, injury, destruction of private and public property, and degeneration of the country into anarchy have a date with law enforcement agencies,” he added.

Kindiki advised members of the public to go about their daily businesses normally as law enforcement agencies ensure their safety and security

The CS said during the last demonstrations, many parts of Nairobi City County and other parts of the country witnessed an orgy of violence, lawlessness and destruction of private and public property by persons purporting to exercise their Constitutional rights and freedoms.

“The Country almost degenerated into total chaos perpetrated by criminal elements hiding under the guise of the Article 37 right to assemble, demonstrate, picket and petition public authorities,” he said.

Kindiki said the media and public reports that the same organizers and architects of last week’s violence plan more demonstrations had been confirmed as accurate and verifiable.

“They have also threatened to turn the wave of violence into a weekly and perhaps a daily affair. Intelligence reports confirm these media and public reports as accurate and verifiable,” the CS said.