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By working with goons, this administration has just admitted failure

Some of the goons believed to have been hired to prevent demonstrations on Moi Avenue ,during protests over the killing of blogger Albert Ojwang by police at Central police station. [Collins Kweyu,Standard]

Kenya could sink into irreversible anarchy under the Kenya Kwanza government. Menacing goons are becoming the order of the day.

Some members of these militias have come out to brag in the open, including on national television. They say that they are protecting the government. A young man captured on video that went viral in the ended week told the world, “We are going to protect President Ruto. We will not allow any group of youth to be used to cause anarchy in this country.” 

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