Kenyans Protest the Ruto Regime and Its Finance Bill, Part 1: June 18 to 24, 2024–7 Days of Rage

Gregor Flock
7 min readJun 27, 2024

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A collection of evidence and documentation of events, including of abductions and killings by the Ruto regime.

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

In an act that is symbolic for the Ruto regime’s entire actions and where Kenya is heading under William Ruto and many other such kleptocrats, a police officer has his fingers blown off when a faulty teargas cannister explodes in his hands:

https://x.com/PinchezGunner/status/1803152300892148024
https://x.com/_maich/status/1803098686488027424

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

https://x.com/CaptainDominicO/status/1803362231234826461
https://x.com/YourAnonCentral/status/1803487009836847585

Thursday, June 20, 2024: The Killing of Rex Kanyike Masai

The #RejectFinanceBill2024 and #RutoMustGo protests continue:

https://x.com/MishBosslady__/status/1803749483311775911

The killing of Rex Kanyike Masai by Ruto’s goons:

https://x.com/peopletheatre1/status/1803908963366240619

Reported Instagram censorship of hashtags:

https://x.com/phinie_ndegwa/status/1803749528434008131

Friday, June 21, 2024: The Abduction of Billy Simani

https://x.com/KenyanSays/status/1804111888113922548/photo/1

The #RejectFinanceBill2024 and #RutoMustGo protests continue:

https://x.com/surajkenya/status/1804167616644161632

The abduction of Billy Simani aka Billy The Goat aka Crazy Nairobian (#FreeBilly) by Ruto’s goons:

https://x.com/Son_of_Laikipia/status/1804587294193561999
https://x.com/NjeriWaMigwi/status/1804157215911100703
https://x.com/luckyaudreyy/status/1804157692992205112

Gaslighting of the public by pro-Finance Bill MP Sudi:

https://x.com/K24Tv/status/1804164558493294685
https://x.com/AnneWamuratha1/status/1804054927548756253

Heckling of those who are in favor of the Finance Bill:

https://x.com/CaptainDominicO/status/1804224668288614400

A possible to likely reason why MPs such as Sudi are in favor of the detrimental Finance Bill: bribery:

https://x.com/C_NyaKundiH/status/1804174040258511235

Saturday, June 22, 2024: The Killing of Evans Kiratu

A national discussion about and the freeing of Billy Kimani:

https://x.com/WanjikuReports/status/1804428930079760438
https://x.com/mwabilimwagodi/status/1804553484315893761

Kenyan mainstream or “githeri” media want viewers to believe that it is a “mystery” who — the Ruto regime — is behind the abduction of Billy Simani:

https://x.com/ntvkenya/status/1804589889834430751

In the evening, Billy was finally released with the help of Faith Odhiambo, the 51st President of the Law Society of Kenya:

https://x.com/_CrazyNairobian/status/1804601216086794716
https://x.com/FaithOdhiambo8/status/1804596519586115780; also see https://x.com/MjengoKE/status/1804599177415917840

The killing of Evans Kiratu:

https://x.com/Osama_otero/status/1804450509098537153
https://x.com/Kimuzi_/status/1804442104023626012
https://x.com/husskhalid/status/1806394735415660900

Rents in the city would go up since owners of urban “land or property” would be charged an “annual levy” or lease — a cost which they will pass on to those who lease their land or property:

https://x.com/FGaitho237/status/1804417778369052704
June 22, 2024; https://x.com/zollz/status/1804385764244967432

More attempted gaslighting of the public by pro-Finance Bill cleptocrats:

https://x.com/CaptainDominicO/status/1804397685438304549
https://x.com/DavidNdii/status/1804501742760911021; https://x.com/DavidNdii/status/1804502709237686422

The protests continue despite the attempted gaslighting:

https://x.com/rex_maina/status/1804382950806433938
https://x.com/C_NyaKundiH/status/1804638306984140874
https://x.com/Thee_mavERIC/status/1804621862573363313
https://x.com/Laikipia_1/status/1804625494622486705
https://x.com/JILLKUI/status/1804627488510984293
https://x.com/kampupi/status/1804620848323842356
https://x.com/Mtotowadhambi/status/1804634395439149562
https://x.com/Nanjala1/status/1804527777002959287

Someone who just might join the protests is the police officer who had his fingers and hands blown off by faulty teargas ammunition and who is being let down by the cleptocratic Ruto regime:

https://x.com/C_NyaKundiH/status/1804615573931778319

Sunday, June 23, 2024

More abductions by the Ruto regime:

https://x.com/mistatash/status/1804836506684571900
https://x.com/Dr_AustinOmondi/status/1804891748553912699
https://x.com/MjengoKE/status/1804894498868084999
https://x.com/Dr_AustinOmondi/status/1804897237559922777
https://x.com/FerdyOmondi/status/1804892863051755782
https://x.com/AmnestyKenya/status/1804828422536839380; https://x.com/salimishmael_/status/1804822135367496143
https://x.com/just_a_jame/status/1804953421126218151
https://x.com/Dr_AustinOmondi/status/1804914237577302243

More gaslighting by Ruto loyalists about the Finance Bill, in this case Merhali Zaheer Jhanda and Isaac Maura:

https://x.com/MpashoNews/status/1804762118534623284
https://x.com/MpashoNews/status/1804762193398776240
https://x.com/AishaWanjiku_/status/1804787200850002353
https://x.com/maliks_88/status/1804646571063050455
https://x.com/DoItBetty/status/1804779268838174740

Trolling of Ruto-loyalists gaslighting and propaganda:

https://x.com/FerdyOmondi/status/1804892863051755782

In the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) diocese where Ruto spoke his lies— and note that Ruto most likely had people burned in a church in the 2000s — even the not at all amused senior priest was forced to go through security:

https://x.com/Thee_mavERIC/status/1804794474754678821
https://x.com/Kianangih/status/1804797391586869390

In many other churches, Sunday protests against Ruto and his Finance Bill proceeded:

https://x.com/antirada_/status/1804796105227427846
https://x.com/mwendwamutua/status/1804792249433166196

Kenyans were not pleased with those who voted for the Finance Bill:

https://x.com/Mwirigi/status/1804811992579928166
https://x.com/Just_Wanjiru/status/1804778796064632925
https://x.com/Osama_otero/status/1804906034449838513
https://x.com/HEBabuOwino/status/1804961360113020939

The Finance Bill for Kenya, just like Tanzania’s, may originally have had US or IMF authorship:

https://x.com/AmbokoJH/status/1804765248026526178

Sunday, June 24, 2024

More abductions by the Ruto regime:

https://x.com/AfUncensored/status/1805306814436983126
June 24, 2024; https://x.com/AmnestyKenya/status/1805208233797185846; https://www.amnestykenya.org/statement-on-possible-internet-disruptions-during-rejectfinancebill2024-demonstrations/
https://x.com/johnallannamu/status/1805257082230481352

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Gregor Flock
Gregor Flock

Written by Gregor Flock

independent philosopher (univie.academia.edu/GregorFlock) and journalist, Global Civil Society Network founder (www.gcsno.org/my-blog/), Tweets @GFlock_GCSN.

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