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Thirdway Alliance party leader Dr. Ekuru Aukot has sharply escalated political pressure on President William Ruto and Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, demanding their immediate resignation. In a hard-hitting statement dated July 9, the former presidential candidate accused the current regime of gross violations of human rights, ethnic bias in state enforcement, and silencing public dissent with force rather than reform.
Aukot, alongside Thirdway Alliance National Chairman Miruru Waweru, painted a grim portrait of the Kenya Kwanza administration. The party charged the government with systematically turning its arsenal against its own citizens, branding the regime “a rogue government” that had abandoned constitutional rule for authoritarianism.
The leaders cited numerous cases of abductions, torture, and killings of unarmed protestors, most of whom were youths peacefully demonstrating against inflation, corruption, and economic decline.
The statement described Kenya as “under siege not by foreign enemies, but by its own government,” accusing the administration of choosing bullets over dialogue and brutality over empathy. Aukot warned that Kenya’s democratic fabric was being shredded under the guise of law and order.
Thirdway Alliance didn’t just stop at human rights. The party went further to accuse the regime of ethnic scapegoating—alleging that Mt Kenya businesses were being sabotaged, their neighbourhoods militarized, and their youth disproportionately targeted for arrest and intimidation. State-linked media and propaganda, they claimed, were fueling further incitement and division, stoking fears of regional targeting and economic strangulation.
Such selective enforcement, they warned, is not only unconstitutional but also dangerously polarizing, especially in a country with Kenya’s ethnic composition. The violence and threats, they argue, are an attempt to divide the country and distract from deeper systemic failures.
The resignation call was only one part of a broader demand for accountability. Thirdway Alliance wants the Inspector General of Police and the Director of Criminal Investigations both dismissed and prosecuted. The party also proposed the formation of an international, independent commission to investigate the killings, enforced disappearances, and ethnic profiling witnessed during recent demonstrations.
They emphasized that justice must not be cosmetic. Real investigations, truth-telling, and compensation for families affected by police brutality must follow. “Power must never be preserved by killing the people,” their statement stressed.
Aukot’s call is a continuation of mounting pressure from across the political spectrum. He joins a growing list of leaders—including Martha Karua and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua—who have either demanded President Ruto’s resignation or called for his impeachment. While the President maintains that the security responses have been necessary, these escalating calls paint a country nearing political and social breaking point.
The Thirdway Alliance has now positioned itself as a vocal player in the resistance movement against state overreach. Their firm declaration—that tyranny masquerading as leadership must never be allowed to root in Kenya—resonates with citizens increasingly disillusioned by the state’s inability to address the economic crisis without crushing civic freedoms.
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