A man who shouted “Ruto Must Go” has allegedly been detained at the Kapsaret Member of Parliament-based club in Eldoret.
In a video that has been widely shared online, the man is seen receiving blows from another man, alleged to be a bouncer from the club.
In the video, the man is heard saying, “Hapa timbaxo wasema nimefanya vurugu because of chanting.”
It is not yet clear why the bouncer decided to hold the man inside the club for two days.
The incident comes after chants of “Ruto Must Go” reverberated in nightclubs in cities and major towns across the country as Generation Z took their campaign against Finance Bill 2024 a notch higher.
Videos shared on social media showed nightclubs in Nairobi, Nakuru, Eldoret, Kericho, Narok, and Naivasha breaking into “Ruto Must Go” and “Reject Finance Bill” chants around midnight on Saturday, as the push to have the Kenya Kwanza government drop the bill intensified.
For between 15 to 30 minutes, Timba XO club and Tamasha clubs in Eldoret, Space Next Door, and Platinum 7D in Nakuru City erupted into wild chants against the bill and the president.
What started last week as anger on TikTok about the controversial Finance Bill has morphed into a revolt that is likely to be a sustained political movement to defend the Constitution.