Kindiki issues warning over Azimio's planned Wednesday protest

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has warned those planning to stage protests on Wednesday that they will be met with the full force of the law.

Kindiki said security agencies have been directed to enforce law firmly in dealing with those threatening to make the country ungovernable through mayhem and looting.

The Interior CS says six people died on Friday during the mass protests convened by the opposition  team, scores injured and property destroyed.

“Freedom of association and the right to demonstrate/picket do not include the right to cause mayhem and loot property. On Wednesday, anyone threatening to make the country ungovernable through the mayhem, looting, chaos, and bloodshed will be dealt with firmly and decisively, in accordance with the law,” he said.

According to the CS, while the government will not interfere with the right to demonstrate or picket, such protests must be peaceful and demonstrators unarmed.

He spoke in Igoji Sub-county, Meru County during the operationalization of the sub-county, installation of Zuhura Righa as the first deputy county commissioner and commissioning of the sub-county headquarters.

The CS aslo held a security meeting over the conflict between communities on the border of Meru and Tharaka Nithi Counties.