The government has been asked to protect all citizens regardless of their political stand so as to promote peace, a Kiambu politician has urged.
The Democratic for the Citizens Party politician said the constitution 2010 assures members of the public of their freedom of association and freedom of speech.
The former Lari Kirenga MCA Joseph Karichu has raised concern over attacks and chaos being witnessed everytime DCP leader Rigathi Gachagua is visiting churches and locals especially in the mount Kenya region by armed youths.
He said youths have disrupted meetings, church services including funerals, saying that something need to be knowns and people need to be protected so as to respect the country’s interest.
“We need to see the constitution respected by being followed. The assurances it has regarding freedom of expression and that of speech need to be enforced” he said.
Karichu who is eyeing the Lari parliamentary seat in 2027 using the DCP ticket, alleges someone was behind the Gachagua’s disrupted meetings in the central region since President William Ruto’s meetings were peaceful.
“As DCP members, we preach peace and telling people we find the truth, but our meetings are disrupted. We call upon the police for protection” he said.
Karichu said Gachagua will continue with his campaigns without fear, since the DCP has a strategy of speaking to the electorates peacefully until it wins the 2027 general elections.
He spoke at Kinale village in Lari constituency during a meet the people tour where he decried that a lot of farm produces fail to get to the market over poor road network.
“Residents of this ward feeds Nairobi and parts of coast like Mombasa, Lamu and Malindi with horticulture products like vegetables, kales, carrots and spinach daily, but there are some who do not sell since there are no good roads for vehicles to pass through and collect them” he said.
A farmer Simon Njihia says that dairy farmers also face the transportation of milk challenges, adding that during the rainy season, they end up pouring the milk.
“When it rains, we milk our cows as usual but since no vehicles can come and collect it even for hawkers, we end up throwing it away. Remember this is perishable” Njihia said.
