A collage of political activists Morara Kebaso and Kasmuel McOure./FILE
Political activist Morara Kebaso has urged Kenyans to give a chance to fellow activist Kasmuel McOure to give his side of the story.
In a statement on his X account on Tuesday, Morara said even though he knew the story, it was not his place to narrate it.
“A human being’s first instinct is survival. You cannot fight for Kenyans when you are dead. Give Kasmuel a chance to tell you his story,” he said.
Morara stated that as an activist, one has to make sacrifices that leave them with “a lot of pain”, despite the picture they put up for the cameras.
Drawing from his own experience, Morara said it was a painful experience to sacrifice one’s job, family and safety, only for him to be branded a “conman” or a “project”, without evidence.
This, he said, only happened because he pointed out that tribal identity is not a qualification for leadership, and corruption cannot solve corruption.
“That is the pain I go through every day, but I just keep fighting. I will not stop,” he added.
The Inject party leader noted his resilience, stating that nothing will stop his bid to fight for Kenyans.
“Even if you bring all the negative comments in this world to my post, I am fighting to the dying end. Call me a liar, a conman, a thief, a project, a traitor, anything. I'm never going back,” he said.
“You may not join me today. But with time, your conscience will be clearer and your spirit will lead you this way.”
On May 9, Morara urged Kenyans to forgive Kasmuel over a perceived betrayal of the Gen Zs.
“Please forgive Kasmuel McOure. Allow him and other leaders of the youth to retrace their steps and build the new Kenya we want. Mistakes are the road signs on the highway of success,” he said.
This was before the duo declared their partnership.
“We are from different political parties, but we believe in prison break. Right now, the people are trying to look for the lesser devil and trying to find leadership where it cannot be found. They are trying to solve a problem with another problem,” he said.
Speaking during an interview on May 7, Kasmuel stated that his backing for President William Ruto’s broad-based government, was depended upon the fulfilment of specific demands laid out by the ODM.
He affirmed that his position is directly linked to the party’s conditions and that any support will be conditional upon their fulfilment.
“We at the ODM as a party we have conditions that have to be met for us to support the broad-based government,” he said.
“I can only support the broad-based government if there is meaningful inclusion of youth in all public life and governance, if the government is committed to the protection and strengthening of devolution. If it is inputting and promoting economic investment in the youth.”
Kasmuel has received backlash from Kenyans since aligning himself with ODM.
