Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka on Sunday criticised the government over increasing cases of arbitrary arrests and abductions allegedly done by security agencies disguised as civilians.
Speaking at St. Joseph Worker Parish in Race Course Nakuru, Kalonzo faulted the government for keeping quiet when abductions continue to happen all over the country.
He narrowed it down to the recent case of arrest of billionaire businessman Benson Ndeta of Savannah Clinker who has put in a bid to take over Bamburi Cement.
Ndeta was arrested on November 28 and charged in court a few weeks after his company proposed to pay Ksh25.41 billion for the giant Bamburi Cement Company, outbidding his competitors, the Tanzania-based conglomerate Amsons Industries.
Businessman Benson Ndeti appearing in Court at the Milimani Law Courts on November 29.
The arrest of the businessman followed the approval of charges by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The charges are linked to an alleged fraudulent deal worth Ksh700 million.
Kalonzo stated that the arrest of the business magnet was related to the affordable housing project advanced by the Kenya Kwanza regime.
“All these fights are linked to the affordable housing project. A Kenyan businessman, well organised, got the bid and now they want to stop him,” he explained.
Kalonzo, who was in the company of the Democratic Action Party-Kenya (DAP-K) party leader Eugene Wamalwa and former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu, said that the arrest of the businessman was part of broader efforts to frustrate Ndeta.
At the same time, Kalonzo called on the church to pray over the worrying trend of abductions warning that many families are in distress not knowing the fate of their abducted kin.
“We are saying the next round of demonstrations will not be of Gen Zs alone, it will involve all generations, because Kenyans cannot take it anymore,” he averred.
The former vice president lamented that the taxes imposed on people are too high leaving most Kenyans with nothing to take home in the wake of hard economic times.
“Kenyans have no problem with paying taxes, but the problem is that taxes end up in people’s pockets,” he lamented pointing a finger of blame to the government for squeezing too much taxes on its citizens.
Former Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka speaking at KICC, Nairobi on July 9, during the signing into law of IEBC Amendment Bill 2024.
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