We demand the immediate release of all comrades arrested by the Kenyan police for participating in the demonstration against French imperialism and the Africa Forward Summit in Nairobi!
The pro-imperialist government of William Ruto, which is trying to keep Kenya bound to imperialist interests against the will of the Kenyan people, is facing a massive resistance movement against neocolonialism and imperialism—forces that plunder the wealth of the Kenyan people and the peoples of Africa.
The comprador bourgeoisie’s terror in the face of the movements sweeping Africa, freeing its countries one by one from imperialist occupation, is evident in the scale of repression it unleashes against members of the Kenyan vanguard. This history includes violence, arrests, abductions, disappearances and murders of Kenyan comrades.
In line with these practices, the Ruto regime warmly welcomes foreign neo-colonialists while violently suppressing anti-imperialist comrades — both local and foreign — who gathered in Nairobi in solidarity with the African peoples’ struggle against imperialism, militarism and colonialism.
The arrests of comrades who participated in the Pan-African Summit Against Imperialism and the 10th Congress of the World Anti-Imperialist Platform in Nairobi follow the arrest of five members of the student movement on 11 May.
Arrested on May 11:
Beres Omondi – Kenya
Tracy Auma – Kenya
Patience Nyambura – Kenya
Jobunga Samuel – Kenya
Kenneth Obiero – Kenya
Arrested on May 12:
Dimitiros Patelis – Greece
Lee Sang-hoon – South Korea
Song Dan-bi – South Korea
Joti Brar – Britain
Gacheke Gachihi – Kenya
Guy Bremond – France
Sayialel Mankuyio – Kenya
Juliaus Kamau – Kenya
John Kamau – Kenya
Brian Mwanzi – Kenya
Derivk Opiyo – Kenya
Fredrik Yara – Kenya
Colins Otieno – Kenya
