• Thew MCSK chief executive urged the protesting Kenyan youths not to throw away their legitimacy by acting against the Constitution.
• He went on to say that young people can only be powerful when they act in accordance with the law.
Image: Ezekiel Mutua/X
Music Copyright Society of Kenya boss Ezekiel Mutua now says that bullying others, causing mayhem and violence is not a strength.
In a statement on Thursday, Mutua said that violence robs young people of their power.
He went on to say that young people can only be powerful when they act in accordance with the law.
"You are powerful when you act in line with the law, when you are beyond tribe and beyond being bought. You are powerful when you prick our conscience with your sheer courage, boldness and intelligence.
"Bullying others, causing mayhem and violence is not a strength. It robs you of your power," Mutua said on X.
The MCSK chief executive urged the protesting Kenyan youths not to throw away their legitimacy by acting against the Constitution.
"To Gen Z, your power lies in legitimate agitation, nonviolent protestations and respect for the rule of law. Do not throw away your legitimacy and credibility by being unruly or acting against the very constitution that you are riding on."
His remarks come a few days after youth-led protest against the Finance Bill, 2024 turned violent on Tuesday.
Protesters overpowered anti-riot police, forcefully stormed Parliament. The demos swept the country.
The surging crowd, mostly youths, surrounded Parliament from nearly all corners, brought down parliamentary gates near the Jomo Kenyatta mausoleum under heavy clouds of tear gas.
Police fired live bullets, killing an unknown number of people as MPs fled the rowdy mobs.
Protesters could be seen lying on Parliament Road, some in a pool of blood, but it was unclear whether they were alive or dead.
The Star was able to count at least three bodies lying on Parliament Road.
The mobs of protesters broke through both the National Assembly and Senate chambers and carried away the dummy of the Senate mace, forcing the lawmakers to flee.
At the adjacent City Hall, the protesters set Governor Johnson Sakaja’s office on fire in a day of unprecedented rage.
The protesters, mainly youths, stormed the streets to demand the rejection of the ‘punitive’ Finance Bill, 2024, in countrywide demos that also rocked President William Ruto's and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s home turfs.
Transport was paralysed and business premises closed hurriedly as gunshots and tear gas rent the air in major towns across the country.