The Anglican Church of Kenya is calling upon youths to end protests and give the government time to address their concerns.
In a press briefing at the All Saints Catherdral, the clergymen, led by Archibishop Jackson Ole Sapit noted that that President William Ruto was already addressing concerns that protestors had raised.
“We appeal to protesters to suspend protests and give the government time to attend to the raft of demands, some of which the President has begun to address including firing most of his Cabinet Secretaries, signing of the IEBC Amendment Bill 2024 into law and the resignation of the IG of Police among others,” said Ole Sapit.
“Please desist from actions that will jeopardise the very future that we are all fighting for. We as a church will monitor and report any progress that is made and also demand that whatever has been committed should be implemented,” Ole Sapit added.
This comes in the week of protests on Tuesday, where several protestors were left dead as others sustained injuries.
At the same time, he urged the government to act instead if just talking and further called upon it to stop further imposition of taxes.
“In view of these measures the government must come up with, in the next one week, an implementation matrix of these demands and make it available for public scrutiny and monitoring. There is much talk about creating employment for the youth, let this be backed by a genuine action,” he said.
“We demand that the government must stop further imposition of taxes and levies especially the recently introduced housing levy and the unjust increased fuel levy must be withdrawn. Taxpaying Kenyans do not see value for the money of these schemes,” the man of God said.
