16/08/2024
AN ADDRESS BY TEAM GROUND ON THE STATE OF NATION.
MY FELLOW CITIZENS,
Let me once more start by expressing my solidarity with the Kenyan Youths and families who have lost their lives, sustained injuries, been abducted or whose loved ones are still missing to date following the protests by the young people of Kenya who have been calling for good governance of their Country.
I am making this address in response to the many phone calls, text messages, social media uproar, and direct requests to me by distressed Kenyans who feel the political class has abandoned them after the recent constitution of a new cabinet by President Ruto.
1. After suffering for many years because of bad politics, poor governance, corruption and incompetence in the management of the affairs of their country, the Gen Zs and Millennials of Kenya came out in large numbers to exercise their article 37 rights to assemble, demonstrate, picket and petition their leaders.
2. In this bold move, they outlined the issues they wanted the president to address to reduce their suffering and to create opportunities for them.
3. After withdrawing the draconian Finance Bill 2024 and dissolving his incompetent cabinet, President Ruto promised that he would engage in an open National Dialogue to listen and get the issue at stake with young Kenyans before forming another Cabinet.
4. But in a show of contempt to the young people, we saw the president announce and put in a place a new cabinet without any consultation with the Gen Zs and Millennialsof this country. He has since held no dialogue or any engagement to ascertain the problems that led to the recent protests.
5. Fellow Kenyans, before any grass has grown on the fresh graves of our youths recently killed, before people who were badly wounded in the protests have healed and while so many families are still searching for their loved ones who were abducted by state agents, we have been shocked to see President Ruto return to his default mode of