The office of the Deputy President’s official statement over the Kondele Violence.
"The people of Nyanza, Kisumu, and in particular Kondele and the Deputy President are not strangers."
"They have come a long way and have interacted peacefully and productively with love and mutual respect for many years."
"The reckless deployment of criminal elements to tarnish their well-earned reputation of patriotism and robust democratic commitment is unfortunate and has no place in the Kenya we want. Hustlers are peaceful people who believe in the solidarity of all Kenyans."
"The statement by the National Police Service, which carelessly profiles people in regrettable terms, underscores the fact that they had intelligence on the criminal conspiracy to perpetrate lawlessness in broad daylight, and ample opportunity to stop it and facilitate a peaceful event, but consciously opted to engage in political mischief instead."
"At no point was there deployment of campaign finances as alleged by the police. The police should not play around with people's lives or property. Just do your job."
David Mugonyi
Communication Secretary
Office of the Deputy President
