Caleb Amisi cautions Kenyans against attacking CDF Kahariri over must go comments
Saboti Member of Parliament (MP) Caleb Amisi, who serves on the National Assembly Committee on Defence, Intelligence, and Foreign Relations, has strongly cautioned Kenyans against attacking Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) General Charles Kahariri, following recent remarks on the “Must Go” chants.
Amisi, in a statement on Friday, March 28, 2025, while addressing the ongoing debates surrounding Kahariri’s remarks, emphasised that the military should not be a target for any form of public backlash.
The vocal MP further defended the general, clarifying that his call for constitutional adherence was to avoid anarchy and chaos in the country.
“We are again getting it wrong by attacking the CDF. Gen Kahariri only said, ‘The #RutoMustGo must be constitutional to avoid anarchy.’ The military should be the last institution any peace-loving Kenyan should attack,” Amisi stated.
Amisi also pointed out that the military’s primary role is to protect the citizens, and when called upon, they have always stood in defence of the people.
“Even when they were called on the streets, they always and will always side with the citizens,” he added.
Amisi on change
Amisi encouraged the youth to start mobilising for national IDs and voter cards, suggesting that it should become mandatory to present a voter’s card to access services.
He emphasised that real change in Kenya should come through peaceful, constitutional means, not through anarchy.
“Soon, youth should start mobilising for IDs and later voters’ cards. Let us make it mandatory for youth to present their voters’ card before they get service anywhere,” Amisi said.
“That is how Kenya will change. Changing Kenya is not and should not be equal to anarchy.”
CDF on remarks
Speaking at the National Intelligence and Research University in Nairobi during a public lecture by National Intelligence Service (NIS) boss Noordin Haji on Thursday, March 27, 2025, Kahariri emphasised that Kenyans must prioritise love for their country to avoid chaos.
He stressed that exercising rights should remain within constitutional bounds to prevent the country from falling apart, adding that any calls for change, such as the ‘Must Go‘ slogan, must be pursued constitutionally to avoid anarchy.
“Unless we love our country first, we will soon have no country, and if there is no spare, we can not have anarchy in the country. So, as people exercise their rights, they should be within limits, within bounds, such that we can not allow them to exercise their rights to the extent of tearing apart the country,” Kahariri said.
“The military: we are apolitical; we do not support any political side. We defend the constitution and the government of the day, duly elected by the people, so when people decide that they are tired of this government and you choose it yourself, and then you say, ‘Must go, ‘Must go‘, that ‘Must go‘ must be done according to the constitution.”
