Rising insecurity, political intolerance in Ksm worries residents

 

Human Rights Defender Audi  Ogada address the Press during a past event-File Photo

By Dickson Odhiambo

June 5, 2026

Rising insecurity, political intolerance in Ksm worries residents

The rising cases of insecurity and political intolerance in Kisumu County now worry the residents.

Human Rights Defenders have raised alarm over the rising level of insecurity and high rate of political intolerance in Kisumu County.

Human Rights Defender Audi Ogada says it is only months to the general elections and the spectra of political thurgery become more worrisome. Political violence has unfortunately become a frightful norm in recent times, as if to confirm this ghastly tendency, numerous hard core groups have emerged as freelance hirelings for terror.

In a public outcry statement, Ogada claims that such groups are increasingly becoming vulnerable to misuse by some well-known politicians as peddlers of violence in public gatherings, Church functions and at worst they have graduated to painfully disrupt funeral burials.

“We know for sure that fear and intimidation; violence and threat to violence; thurgery/intolerance and restrictions on movements of some people to access some zones are some of the causes of persistence violence in the region,” Ogada says.

 The Human Rights Defender adds that protecting the well-being of individuals, their rights, freedoms, their family and communities’ property across the republic is unequivocally uncompromisable.

“Boldly speaking, the rising of criminal activities coupled with political intolerance must be condemned in the strongest terms possible. Totalitarian leaders in Luo Nyanza must be pointed out and addressed conclusively without fear or favor. They must be told to stop throwing this country to the wild dogs. As a matter of principle, something is seriously wrong with the unity of our community and should actively be solved to avoid further conflicts,” Ogada adds.

Ogada has challenged the various security organs to take their roles seriously.

“I am boldly speaking that the security committee must take charge and address the growing insecurity concerns. Security is undeniably becoming an elusive dream to a large majority of Kenyans,” Ogada further says.

Ogada has appealed to National Police Service Commission. NCIC, DCI, IEBC, Administrative Justice, Kenya National Commission of Human Rights, ODPP, National Assembly Security Committee, Senate Security Committee and Law Society of Kenya and other relevant institutions to investigate what he has described as a  National crisis of lawlessness.