Mandera North MP Bashir forced to apologise over controversial remarks on Gen Z killings
He called for independent investigations into those responsible for the murder of innocent protesters
Mandera North MP Bashir Abdullahi has been forced to clarify and apologise over his controversial remarks in Parliament over the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) investigative documentary on the killing of Gen Z protesters last year, dubbed Blood Parliament.
Responding to the backlash he has faced over the last three days, Bashir claimed that his remarks were taken out of context and that he was addressing how the Western media condemns acts in some countries and fails to address injustices faced in others.
“My remarks were directed at the biased narrative of some Western media, which are quick to condemn acts in other countries but remain silent on the massacre of Palestinians and other global injustices. It is this silence, this hypocrisy, that I was highlighting,” he claimed.
He denied downplaying the killing of protesters and called for independent investigations into those responsible for the murder of innocent protesters.
“I, therefore, support the call for an independent investigation into the events of June 25, and I demand that those responsible be held accountable. I demand that those responsible be held accountable,” he stated.
He also offered condolences to the aggrieved families.
“If my words hurt the bereaved families or any Kenyan, I offer my deepest and unconditional apology. And do so as servant leadership,” he said.
Since Tuesday evening, the Mandera North Legislator has been under fire on social media over his “We sympathise and move on” remarks, which were taken to mean that Kenya has moved on from the deaths of the young people who were killed during the Finance Bill 2024/25 protest and the anti-government protests and that people ought not to be fixated on the past.
“BBC World Service has attended to this matter in a way that also looked at the Kenyan society as discriminatory. Our media stations also picked it up without questioning how BBC World Service aired the story. It happens world over, people are killed, our people were killed, we sympathised, we moved on,” the MP had stated while reacting to the BBC documentary earlier in the week.
