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October 31, 2025
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Karua accuses Ruto of state capture, weaponising law and betraying nation's dream
Karua noted that the people of Kenya are tired and speaking in unison against the regime that is strangling the democracy of the nation...
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Martha Karua, leader of the Peoples Liberation Party, has accused Kenyan President William Ruto of state capture, weaponizing the law, and betraying the nation's dream. She asserted that Kenyans are united in their opposition to a regime she claims is stifling democracy and called for resistance against oppression.
- Karua stated that resistance is necessary when the law becomes an instrument of oppression and highlighted that the Gen Z movement demonstrated citizens' power to confront tyranny.
- The accusations were made at a National Peoples Convention in Limuru, organized by Inuka Kenya ni Sisi.
- Kawithe Wambua, chief executive of Inuka Kenya, supported the call to remove current leaders, asserting they have "killed judiciary, killed opposition" and signed bills while the nation mourned Raila Odinga.
- Karua condemned the misuse of laws like the Cybercrimes Act and Privatisation Act, and the criminalization of free speech, describing it as "autocratic domination dressed in legal language."
- She pointed out that the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, affirms that all sovereign power belongs to the people and recalled events in June 2024, involving "abductions, killings, the disappearances, the terror unleashed upon innocent youth."
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