Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has urged the youth in Kenya particularly the Gen Zs to stop anti-state protests assuring them that the government has heard them and he is ready to implement their demands.
"Tafadhali Gen Zs my sons and daughter please we have heard you. You have spoken clearly what you have said needs no full stops or commas it is clear," he said.
Speaking in Kirinyaga county on Saturday, the DP acknowledged that it's right for Kenyans to protest and seek answers from the government over governance issues but he also lamented that the Gen Z protests have been infiltrated by people with criminal intent.
The DP had joined the faithful of Pentecostal Evangelistic Fellowship of Africa (PEFA) at Mwea Cathedral, Kirinyaga County, for the Consecration and Installation of Kirinyaga Regional Bishop Samuel Karimi alongside the ordination of 33 Reverends, presided over by Bishop Dr John Okinda.
Other leaders who accompanied the DP included Njeri Maina, the Kirinyaga Woman Representative, John Kaguchia (Mukurwe-ini MP), Senator Karungo Wa Thang'wa (Kiambu), former MPs Alfred Mwangi Nderitu, Peter Gitau, Kabinga Wachira Thayu and Wangui Ngirichi.
"But when you come out to picket, some criminals infiltrate your demonstrations and start looting. So we want to ask the Gen Zs please don't allow your protest to be hijacked by people with criminal intent to steal and destroy property," Gachagua said.
The DP affirmed that the goverment has heard the grievances of the youth and they should now give the Kenya Kwanza administration time to act on their demands.
"What you have said is enough you need not to say anything more. The President, government and everybody has heard you, now let us wait for the action that follows," he said.