The Saba Saba protests in Kenya, primarily concentrated in the Mt Kenya region and its diaspora, resulted in widespread destruction of businesses and property. Notably, the Nice Digital City supermarket in Mwea Town, Kirinyaga County, suffered losses exceeding 50 million Kenyan shillings, while individual traders like Njogu reported damages worth over 6 million shillings. Additional incidents included the looting and burning of Magunas Supermarket in Meru. Political figure Martha Karua condemned the government's handling of the protests, accusing the regime led by President Dr. William Ruto of employing state-sponsored militia to suppress peaceful demonstrators and describing the administration as heartless and unresponsive to citizens' grievances. Karua also urged parliamentary voices to consider initiating an impeachment motion against the president as a means to bring attention to the ongoing crisis. The protests reflect deep frustration among Kenyan youth over governance issues and the government's alleged disregard for citizens' rights.
Martha Karua: Kenyans coming together to discuss solutions is not anarchy. The anarchists are the people in power who are misusing the security apparatus. This is state sponsored militia, Haiti-like. #CitizenExplainer @YvonneOkwara https://t.co/oTDowZL15v
Martha Karua: The few voices in Parliament who speak for the people can initiate an impeachment motion against the President. Whether successful or not, it offers a chance to ventilate, sensitize Kenya and the world on what is going on #CitizenExplainer @YvonneOkwara https://t.co/Kb8LGFbYgm
Martha Karua: This is a regime that is stone deaf, to expect anything from it is to daydream. There is no way we can go back to meaningless dialogue which will not be with the blood-based regime #CitizenExplainer @YvonneOkwara https://t.co/qAqo8IbzlB