Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has warned that the situation in Kenya is at risk of degenerating into anarchy.
The commission cited violations of several rights as enshrined in the Constitution while issuing the red alert.
KNCHR chair Roselyne Odede said the common man has been bearing the brunt of the violations as Azimio pushes on with mass action.
"We are on the brink of the precipice and unless the current unsavoury situation is addressed urgently, we run the risk of flying too close to the sun," she said on Wednesday.
"We cannot afford to keep on this trajectory. All political actors and duty-bearers must stand up to be counted."
Odede said ordinary Kenyans have suffered physically and financially.
"When one is unable to go to mjengo, he loses income. When mama mboga is unable to get to Marikiti and make any sales, it amounts to the loss of income. For persons who earn less than a dollar a day, loss of one day’s wages or earnings is life-threatening," she said.
Odede said the mass action has seen violations of the right to assembly, demonstration, picketing and petition, right to life, freedom and security of the person, freedom of the media, freedom of conscience, religion, belief and opinion, protection of the right to property, economic and social rights and freedom of expression.
"KNCHR calls upon all Kenyans to respect the right to own and acquire property. We also call upon the National Police Service to protect and guard this particular right without fear, favour or bias," she said.
She reiterated that fundamental rights, freedoms and democratic principles enshrined in the Constitution are now at stake.
"The dark and painful past of our country, where political intolerance, negative ethnicity, incitement, lack of safety and security, hooliganism and the emergence of criminal gangs was rife, is once again rearing its ugly head," she warned.
She noted that countries that have slipped into the path of disorder and lawlessness have ultimately degenerated into anarchy.
