Saboti MP Caleb Amisi at a past function. The lawmaker has termed the attack of KK government on Butere Girls at the beginning of their fall. Photo: Caleb Amisi X.
Leaders from across political divide have continued to criticize Kenya Kwanza government over the chaotic National Drama and Film Festivals witnessed in Nakuru county on Thursday, April 10.
Saboti lawmaker Caleb Amisi, is among elected leaders from the Orange Democratic Movement Party (ODM), to strongly come out and condemn the violence meted against students of Butere Girls’ High School from Kakamega.
The girls declined to perform their controversial play ‘Echoes of War’ ,directed by former Kakamega senator Cleophas Malala, following lack of audience in the hall, after which police threw teargas at their bus as they exited the venue.
In his statement, Amisi faulted the Kenya Kwanza government for stopping the play, saying the government ‘fight’ with the young generation clearly indicated the beginning of their fall.
“Those whom the gods wish to destroy ,they first make them mad. UDA government is running battles in the streets with young, innocent Butere Girls school kids like they are already mad . God has made the Ruto regime mad, and this signals that their end is nigh,” Amisi stated.
He further reminded the president that he agreed to be called Zakayo and Kasongo, during his developmental tour in Nairobi, which the students did not find it offensive to enact. Indirectly hinting to the president, that nicknames come from actions, Amisi is commonly known as Kijana power and bursary boy among youths in Saboti.
“Ruto, you said it is okay to be called Zakayo, Kasongo, Kaongo, and the kids got it that it is not an offence. They call me Kijana power and bursary boy, and they make a lot of songs and dances in school to their pleasure. If I were you, I would join the Butere girls on the stage as they perform echoes of war. This government is shenzi kabisa,” he further stated.
‘Kenya needs a Renaissance’, a phrase associated with the lawmaker, calling for rebirth of new ways of calling for development and political change, depicts the situation currently adopted by the new generation, calling for political reforms and accountability from leaders.
ODM also through SG Edwin Sifuna, condemned the incident, stating that freedom of expression in whatever form is enshrined in the constitution, even if it not in ones liking.
However, education CS Julius Migos, has dismissed claims that the government stopped the girls from staging their play. While addressing the press, Migos said the girls said they are not willing to play without their director Malala, who was still in police custody.
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