Police on Tuesday warned against planned protests at the official residence of the Deputy President Kithure Kindiki in Karen, Nairobi.
Anti-riot police deployed said
they will not allow the planned protests.
Farmers Party leader Irungu Nyakera had posted the letter on his X account, and according to the letter, they purported to notify the authorities of the planned
protests on May 13, 2025.
Anti-riot police were deployed
on major routes to stop and check any suspicious cars and motorcycles.
Nairobi region police commander
George Sedah said they will not allow the planned protests to happen there.
“They should keep off for now,”
he said.
Nyakera’s Farmers Party wrote
to the police arguing their motivation to protest at the protected home is out
of a court ruling on former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s removal from
office.
“Following the ruling of the
Court of Appeal on the removal from office of H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, EGH, as the
Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya by way of impeachment, we, the party
and members of the public, will be holding a peaceful procession tomorrow (May
13) to the official Deputy President residence in Karen to reinstall Rigathi
Gachagua as the Deputy President designate of the Republic of Kenya, being the
rightful holder of the office,” read part of the letter by Executive Director
George Wakibi Njogu.
Njogu added they are guided by the rule of law as a people, which we subscribe to uphold as provided for in the Constitution.
“Further, our intention is to protect the sovereign will of the Kenyan people who elected H.E. Rigathi Gachagua, EGH, as the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya during the 2022 general elections," read the letter.
“We humbly request you to provide
us with security tomorrow as we carry out this democratic and constitutional
duty. We look forward to a peaceful procession with guaranteed security and
peace for all those within and around the procession routes."
Nyakera shared the letter on his X account, saying that the Inspector General was requested to provide adequate police to guarantee that the peaceful assembly is not infiltrated by goons and hooligans.
Farmers
Party had announced its exit from the ruling Kenya Kwanza Alliance.
The
party communicated its decision through a formal letter addressed to both the
chair of the Kenya Kwanza Coalition and the Registrar of Political Parties,
dated Tuesday, April 8, 2025.
