Kenya: Foreign Envoys Express Concern in Use of Hired 'Goons' to Disrupt Peaceful Protests

Kenya: Foreign Envoys Express Concern in Use of Hired 'Goons' to Disrupt Peaceful Protests

Nairobi -- A coalition of foreign embassies and high commissions in Kenya has voiced deep concern over the use of hired individuals--commonly referred to as "goons"--to infiltrate and disrupt peaceful demonstrations in the country.

Western diplomats warn against masked police, goons ahead of June 25 ...

Kenya protests: Diplomats warn against masked police, goons

Embassies Call for Calm Ahead of Kenya Memorial Protests

Western embassies in Kenya have urged restraint ahead of nationwide rallies planned to mark last year’s deadly protests, voicing concern over the use of paid agitators to disrupt peaceful demonstrations. Tensions remain high in the East African nation after recent protests against police brutality were confronted by gangs, locally known as “goons,” armed with whips and clubs. These groups, who appeared to be collaborating with police, were deplo…

Envoys call for peaceful protests, accountability ahead of June 25

The diplomats also voiced concern over the use of hired goons to infiltrate or disrupt peaceful gatherings.

Kenya’s Youths “deserve listening, support, not suppression”: Catholic Bishops to Government

Catholic Bishops in Kenya have called on the government to respect the rights of citizens, especially youths, who they say have borne the brunt of police brutalities.  In a collective statement read out on Tuesday, June 24, members of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) directed that Holy Mass on Sunday, June 29 be offered countrywide in honour of Kenyans youths, who have lost their lives in extrajudicial killings.  “The young people…