In a last-minute move, the Azimio One Kenya Coalition has issued a statement to suspend their protest planned for this Wednesday.
The notice dated Monday, July 24, and posted on Azimio’s social media platforms called for ‘a different kind of protest’. According to the opposition coalition, the Wednesday protest will be a vigil for victims of police brutality in the previous protests.
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The coalition points out that numerous people have lost their lives in the previous protests, with several others admitted to hospital with serious injuries. The Azimio One Kenya Alliance has asked Kenyans to hold solidarity parades and lay flowers and candles for the victims of police brutality.
Azimio claims that hospitals have been instructed not to disclose the actual number of deaths and casualties of police brutality or even admit the victims. The coalition further blamed the government saying that the state hired armed militia to deal with protestors. The statement also says that the victims in hospitals were severely brutalized highlighting that some of them were shot at close range, aiming at vital organs.
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The opposition coalition also says that on Wednesday, it will begin to roll out a process meant to reach out to victims of police brutality as they await the Hague to intervene and seek justice.
We ask Kenyans to pray also that the International Criminal Court takes up the matter based on an expanded list of perpetrators that we intend to furnish to the court in due course.
Part of Azimio One Kenya Coalition’s Statement.
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Several organizations, including religious leaders, have expressed concern as to the handling of demonstrators with brutal force by police in the previous protests. A list of the victims will be made available by Wednesday, according to the coalition. In their estimation, at least 50 people have lost their lives.
