PRESS STATEMENT BY SENATOR OKIYA OMTATAH ON THE PUBLIC DEBT CASE RULING Fellow Kenyans, Today, the High Court delivered an important ruling in our public debt case. The Court upheld the @IMFNews claim of diplomatic immunity and struck it out of this petition. While we respect the Court’s decision, accountability for Kenya’s debt burden cannot end there. We are preparing a separate legal challenge to the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, 1963, against the Constitution of Kenya 2010 to ensure all actors involved in Kenya’s debt processes are subjected to proper scrutiny. Most importantly, the Court rejected attempts by the Attorney General and other respondents to have this case dismissed. The judges ruled that our petition will proceed to a full hearing on its merits. The Court also dismissed applications by the former Auditor General, former Controller of Budget, the current Auditor General, and the current Controller of Budget seeking to shield themselves from these proceedings. This is a significant victory for transparency, accountability, and the Kenyan people. We will amend our petition as directed by the Court and return on 22nd July 2026. Our mission remains unchanged: to establish how Kenya accumulated trillions in public debt, how the funds were utilized , whether the public benefited and whether the law was followed at every stage. This case is about protecting the future of our nation and the interests of every Kenyan taxpayer. We remain focused, determined, and committed to seeing it through. God Bless Kenya. #DeniBandia #OdiousDebt

When #Senegal’s government uncovered $13 billion in hidden, unrecorded debt left behind by former President Macky Sall’s regime, Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko led debt audit revealed part of the national debt had been concealed, prompting the International Monetary Fund, IMF to immediately freeze and suspend its $1.8 billion lending programme. Then disagreements emerged regarding the handling of this issue. President Faye insisted on a pragmatic, compromise-driven path. He was willing to accept IMF-mandated austerity measures, including politically sensitive cuts to energy and fuel subsidies, to steady the economy and unlock the frozen funds to get more funding from IMF. Prime Minister Sonko declined this approach and instead advocated for a sovereignist approach. Sonko fiercely opposed bowing to foreign lenders. He resisted cutting subsidies, imposing taxes and demanded a renegotiation of oil, gas and mining contracts with multinational companies. Then a complete deadlock in the government. Their disagreements also extend to the handling of legal cases. Several former officials who served under President Macky Sall are accused of mismanagement and involvement in the political violence that claimed dozens of lives between 2021 and 2024. President Faye favored a more cautious, reconciled approach. Fearing that aggressive prosecutions of the former regime would destabilize the state, fracture the security apparatus and alienate key institutional actors, Faye resisted hardline judicial purges. As Prime Minister, Sonko pushed heavily for accountability, retributive justice, demanding that the amnesty law (passed by Sall's regime to shield his officials upon exit) be repealed so that Sall's former ministers, police chiefs and judicial officials could be tried for corruption, financial mismanagement and the deaths of youth protesters. Ultimately, the government became entirely dysfunctional. Faye used his executive power to reclaim sole control of the state, firing Sonko to build a government in his own image. By securing the second-highest political office in the country, Sonko has effectively flipped the power dynamic. He went from a subordinate role inside the executive branch to leading an independent branch of government. Faye will find his executive powers severely limited by a hostile legislature, and a ruling party that is not his own, leaving him with no choice but to wait until November 2026 to legally dissolve parliament. Source: Local sources, @France24 (Debt crisis).

Ethiopia is landlocked. It imports its oil mostly from the Gulf (Saudia & UAE), and the rest from India and Singapore. Its oil lands in Djibouti and gets connected to a 550km Pipeline to Addis Ababa. After all this, it lands petrol at the pump at KES 110-120 amid the current geopolitical crisis. Kenya gets oil from the same Gulf, ships it directly to its own ports, and then a pipeline that the government mostly controls. It then retails petrol at KES 206. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!

Any government driving destruction of its own people is not legitimate

Kenyans &Ugandans have become Presidents & Prime Ministers in US, UK & Scotland, Mayors of New York & Heads of MI6! How is it that the most powerful & richest countries elect people we raised whom we can’t elect to lead us?

So who was the coup leader and who was to be installed after the regime change? Which audience are you deceiving or appealing to? This is a manifestation of the problem we have with the none listening leaders in Kenya.

Kenya Power confirms a security guard was shot outside Stima Plaza HQ at 4:30pm by the police during today’s protests. He was rushed to hospital but sadly succumbed to his injuries.

Kenya 🇰🇪 has witnessed massive protests

Larry Madowo getting a job with CNN was a blessing that came at the right time for this Nation to expose Kasongo.

RT @Kibet_bull: A form four student who was shot in Molo by the officer pictured. He wasn't on the streets

This guy covered his pal so well, and good for the one police who tried to shield. I think this is the same guy who removed the female cop from the mob to safety- despite the fact that they continue to behave badly

We face an unfortunate paradox as a country where more lives are being lost as the people seek justice for the lives already lost. Our hearts break for all the victims of the continued trend of police brutality and excesses. We urge all Kenyans to take responsibility for their safety and that of fellow citizens in these trying moments for our country. Let us keep each other safe.

Ruto had a full year from June 25th to now ,to fix this country. To sack the thieves, cut the wastage, and stop the bleeding. Instead, he doubled down on lies, surrounded himself with looters, and spat in the face of a hungry nation. He didn’t fail because he lacked time. He failed because he’s addicted to power, deaf to reason, and loyal only to the cartel that made him king. Now he’s whining, threatening, panicking. But it’s too late. He made his choice. Now the people will make theirs.

Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) faces closure after the government omitted medical research funding from its FY2025/26 budget. The decision threatens 1,000 jobs and could cripple Kenya’s vital health research sector, raising concerns about future medical advancements

''Ruto Must GO'' Students from Karabok Secondary School in Oyugis, where Albert Ojwang was a PTA teacher, were on the road earlier today protesting!

Senator Onyonka has never failed Kenyans in parliament 🫡. Take a listen