Mombasa activists to hold anti-graft protests every Thursday
What you need to know:
- Business in the busy city centre was disrupted for about 45 minutes as the protesters marched from Uhuru Garden along Moi Avenue to the Fontanella stage.
- They said the demo, called ‘The Red Thursdays Movement against Corruption", will be held every Thursday, as a way for ordinary people to communicate to the authorities and demand action to end corruption.
Civil society activists on Thursday poured onto Mombasa streets to protest what they said was escalating corruption in government.
Business in the busy city centre was disrupted for about 45 minutes as the protesters marched from Uhuru Garden along Moi Avenue to the Fontanella stage.
Led by Haki Africa, the activists sang and chanted anti-corruption slogans.
They wore red T-shirts inscribed with the words “Act on corruption now or resign!”, and carried placards proclaiming “Corruption is bleeding Kenya to death”.
They said the demo, called ‘The Red Thursdays Movement against Corruption", will be held every Thursday, as a way for ordinary people to communicate to the authorities and demand action to end corruption.
Julius Ogogoh, the director of the Commission for Human Rights and Justice, expressed his anger, saying the money being "looted" by individuals would have been used to feed Kenyans who are on the verge of starvation due to a drought in parts of the country.
On Sunday the non-government organisations had called for the sacking of all government officials involved in corrupt deals.
The groups had also called on the authorities to freeze the bank accounts of those mentioned in graft scandals.
