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Alex Mwakideu: Why point fingers at one regime when Kenyans died under different leaders?
29th September, 2026 12:42 AM
Radio host Alex Mwakideu has questioned the focus on the deaths of Kenyans during President William Ruto’s administration, asking why people who raise the issue do not also mention Kenyans who died under previous regimes.
He said the loss of Kenyan lives hurts him regardless of who was in power.
Mwakideu said the subject was sensitive and one he did not like discussing. However, he questioned people who raise concerns about Kenyans who died because of politics while appearing to focus on only one regime.
“There are topics I don’t like discussing. Because they are sensitive topics. You and I know that Kenyans died during Ruto’s time, hiyo ni fact,” Mwakideu said on Monday, September 28, 2026.
The radio host said his concern was the loss of Kenyan lives rather than the particular administration under which the deaths happened. He said the issue remained painful to him whether the deaths occurred during Ruto’s time or under former presidents Mwai Kibaki and Daniel arap Moi.
“Mimi kinachoniuma ni kwamba, Wakenya walipoteza maisha yao. Whether ni wakati wa Ruto au wakati wa Kibaki au wakati wa Moi. Inaniuma, that is why I don’t like discussing this topic,” Mwakideu said.
Mwakideu questions focus on one regime
Mwakideu then questioned whether people who describe themselves as concerned about Kenyan lives should limit their attention to deaths that happened under one administration. He said the same concern should also apply when discussing Kenyans who lost their lives under other regimes.
“Anyway, my question here is if you are truly a Kenyan, and you care about lives, when you talk about Kenyans who lost their lives, kwa sababu ya siasa, why do you only point fingers at one regime?” Mwakideu said.
He further asked what such a selective focus would say about the people raising the issue. Mwakideu said that if the concern was about Kenyan lives lost because of politics, then the discussion should also consider deaths that happened during other administrations.
“What does that tell about you?” Mwakideu said.
He then gave an example of the way he said the discussion is sometimes framed, pointing to people who mention deaths during Ruto’s administration without referring to other periods in Kenya’s political history.
“Kama ni wewe utakua unasema eh, wakenya wamekufa wakati wa Ruto, mbona hutaji wakati wa …?” Mwakideu said.
He maintained that Kenyans who care about the lives lost should consider the issue across different administrations rather than pointing to only one regime.
