Political activist Kasmuel McOure has hit back at his critics following his stance on the ongoing impeachment debate against Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
McOure has been under intense criticism since he revealed his position at Bomas of Kenya on the first day of public participation on the Gachagua impeachment process that took place on Friday, October 4, 2024.
While promising to keep fighting for change in the country, the young activist said he would not need anyone’s approval on how to go about doing the same.
“I’ve consistently said a revolution is not a popularity contest. I went to the streets because I was sick and tired of the miserable lives my people and I were living. We went to the streets because we had nothing to lose but our miserable lives.
“I don’t need anyone’s approval to do what’s right for our country. I will fight for the betterment of our people’s social and material conditions, as well as for the stability of our country.
“If this will cost me popularity, so be it. The Internet has never liked me anyway. If it will cost me work, so be it. Our youth are languishing in unemployment. If it will cost me my life, I’ve said it time without number, so be it.
“I shall do my honest part, speak truth to power at any opportunity I get, while advocating for a stable Kenya for all of us to thrive. Inawezekana! If you don’t like the way I agitate for change, go out and be the change you want to see,” McOure said in a post on X on Sunday, October 6, 2024.
Tribal card
While hitting at the Kenya Kwanza supporters, McOure said he should not be linked with the government because he did not campaign or vote for them in the last election.
“You campaign for a rogue government, saying things like ‘hata kama ni mwizi, ni mwizi wetu‘ when you took the money to sell us this government and pulled the tribal cards, you said you were doing it for a just cause.
“I was not on any ballot paper, and neither did I campaign for anyone else but Reuben Kigame in the last election. Some of you who are so desperately campaigning to remove this government that they democratically elected, sold it the loudest, and continue to do so every election year, selling themselves to the highest bidder.
“Lakini sasa mnataka kunifunza kazi eti you’ve seen the light? What a bunch of pretenders,” he concluded.
Criticism of McOure, who came into the public limelight at the height of Gen Z‘s protests in June this year, grew immensely when a photo where he was seen engaging in a conversation amid laughter with South Mugirango Member of Parliament (MP) Sylvanus Osoro emerged.
