Kenya News -- There was drama today when activists abandoned more than 20 donkeys
in the streets of Nairobi.
The driver of the lorry that brought the animals said he was
hired to transport the animals to the city center. According to him, when they
got to the junction between Kenyatta Avenue and Muindi Mbingu Street, the
activists who had hired him stopped the vehicle and jumped off with most of the
donkeys.
The driver then panicked,
left the vehicle and attempted to hide before he was caught. Some of the donkeys had injuries as they were
forcefully pushed out of the lorry by the activists. All the donkeys had
graffiti reading “Tumechoka”, which translates to “we are tired”. The notorious human rights activist, Boniface
Mwangi, was seen at the scene but quickly escaped for fear of being arrested.
Kenya has witnessed an increase in terrorism activities and
rising cost of basic commodities in the recent past. The animals were therefore
used to inform the government that Kenyans are tired of insecurity and high
cost of living.
The donkeys gave the police and county council Askaris a hard time to the amusement of
onlookers who had milled around to witness the rare spectacle. Those remaining in the vehicle were driven
away while those in the streets were herded out of the CBD.
Mpigs
Kenyan civil society activists have, in open disregard to
the wishes of their animal rights counterparts, used animals to demonstrate
against the government and parliament. It’s
only a year ago when activists poured buckets of blood at the entrance of
parliament building and fetched pigs to lick and play in it during the occupy parliament protest. The
demonstration was dubbed “Mpigs” and was directed at the “greedy” Members of
Parliament (MPs) attempt to raise their salaries.
