לשעבר סגן נשיא קניה: גל חטיפות ואלימות נגד צעירים והשפעה סינית גוברת במדינה

A Kenyan politician came to the United States recently and is speaking out about abductions in his country. The former deputy president of Kenya says protesters have been going missing after criticizing the government. He also says the level of Chinese influence in the African nation is rising. NTD's David Lam has the story. Brigathi Gachagwa, former deputy president of Kenya, has been in the U.S. for over a month meeting with Kenyan people. He hopes for Kenyans to appeal to U.S. senators and representatives to bring attention to human rights violations in his country. Gachagwa told NTD that protesters have been abducted after criticizing the Kenyan government. Mostly the ones who have been targeted are young children between the ages of 14 to 24 who are very active on social media, who have been calling out the government, who have been condemning abductions, who have been condemning theft of public funds. And those young adults are targeted by the state for oppression. They are arrested and tortured. Some are killed, some are shot. The Kenya Human Rights Commission has tried to piece together statistics about children who have died. Gachagwa said about 300 have disappeared and over 100 dead. Current president William Ruto pledged in 2024 that abductions will not happen under his watch. But Gachagwa claims the recent abductions have occurred since 2024 and the locals used social media to complain about the issues that disturbed them in Kenya, including loans taken from communist China. Kenya is 12 trillion in debt in shillings, Kenyan currency, which is equivalent to 92 billion U.S. dollars. We are concerned as a country about the Chinese invasion to Kenya. This economic invasion by the Chinese people to Kenya has literally reduced our business people into beggars. The Chinese people have come and taken over even small businesses. Gachagwa claims that Chinese contractors have started construction businesses and living units in Kenya, but the earnings get sent back to China. There's just too much pressure. The Chinese are very strong. Also, the kind of money they bring into the country, they have literally compromised everybody. So nobody wants to listen to what we are saying. So the Kenyan people, they are in a very difficult situation because the government officials are the ones who are doing business with the Chinese. David Lam, NTD News, California.