LSK President Faith OdhiamboThe Law Society of Kenya has warned leaders against arming youths to disrupt the Wednesday-planned protests.
Kenyans, civil society and opposition leaders have vowed to hold peaceful protests to commemorate victims of the 2024 anti-finance bill demonstrations.
LSK President Faith Odhiambo said the Society is concerned by emerging media reports over an alleged scheme to disrupt the Wednesday protests.
Odhiambo said a section of politicians and political operatives have been exposed for alleged plans to set up an organised gang of armed goons to mete out violence against protestors.
“It is a cause of grave worry that these media reports are not far-fetched or even exaggerated. There is sufficient material in the public domain to justify the public apprehension that this ill-conceived plot not only exists, but may be at such an extensive scale that it threatens to plunge Kenya into anarchy,” she said.
The LSK President condemned the narrative, calling out every individual involved in or enabling the inexcusable, fascist, and unconstitutional plan.
She said no right-thinking Kenyan should remotely perceive such atrocities against Kenyans or deliberate violation of the Constitution and the fundamental human rights that make Kenya a democratic state.
“The Constitution gives us the free will to disagree on national issues and hold and express differing political views, inclinations, and preferences. Kenya is not an autocracy, and the law does not contemplate extralegal radicalisation of civilians to 'protect' any power-bearer against lawful acts of political dissent,” she said.
“The idea of Kenya perceived by the rogue political operatives neither reflects Kenya as it is, as it ought to be, nor as we will allow it to be.”
She called on the National Security Organs, led by the National Security Council, to expressly dissociate themselves from any involvement in this scheme.
Odhiambo said there must be an elaborate, transparent, and swift investigation into how far the criminal conspiracy runs, and all persons involved must be arrested and prosecuted to prevent their plan from materialising.
The LSK President said the Kenyan national anthem called upon citizens to dwell in unity, peace, and liberty, adding that as things stand, none of the three fundamental values are prevalent within the country.
“Let us not flush our country down the drain; we must jealously guard the semblance of stability we have enjoyed under our new constitutional dispensation; we owe it to ourselves, our nation and our future, to reclaim unity, peace and liberty in our country. Our Constitution gives an elaborate roadmap; we need only to abide by it.”
