Kasmuel McOure has penned a blistering open letter to President William Ruto critiquing the state of justice in Kenya.
The open letter comes after BBC Eye Africa’s documentary ‘Blood Parliament’ which exposed killer government officers who fatally shot Gen Z protestors during the 2024 anti-finance bill march to parliament.
Kasmuel posted the letter to the president on his social media with the letter lashing out at the government’s laxity on delivering justice.
The letter further touched on youth disenfranchisement and what he terms political betrayal.
McOure accused the state of ignoring the bloodshed during the 2024 protests and decried the lack of justice.
“The violence we endured has not been answered by any force equal in morality or consequence,” he said, warning that silence from the law might soon be met with severe action from the youth.
He argued that the administration was steadily losing the youth not just their votes, but their faith, fear, and patience.
An Open Letter to the President of the Republic of Kenya Dr. @WilliamsRuto.https://t.co/0NWDeyywbR pic.twitter.com/MYkNitoaAI
— Kasmuel McOure (@_KasKazini) April 29, 2025
“As the custodian of this republic, I ask for the heads of those who murdered my generation. This is both a request—and a prophecy. Your administration is losing the youth. Not just their votes. Their faith. Their patience. Their fear. We are punished when we speak—and punished when we remain silent,” Kasmuel wrote.
The letter further read, “Those who seek your attention and those around you mock our deaths. To them, we are worth less than the watches on their wrists, the truncheons in their fists, or the tracts of land they’ve grabbed.”
Kasmuel defended Gen Z against labels of entitlement and laziness, asserting that while they may have lacked patience, they possessed unwavering moral clarity.
“We protested not for clout,” he wrote, “but for survival, for bread, bus fare, menstrual pads, and diapers.”
He framed the youth’s demands: accountability, a debt audit, and an end to police brutality, not as radical, but as the bare minimum of a functional society.
McOure became a symbol of defiance during the youth-led demonstrations that ultimately led to the withdrawal of the controversial Finance Bill.
However, his later affiliation with the ODM party drew criticism from supporters who felt betrayed by what they saw as a shift away from the movement’s non-partisan foundation.
The letter has rekindled public criticism, with many questioning McOure’s political sincerity given his past proximity to influential figures and attendance at high-level national events.
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