Monday, April 7, 2025 - Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura has raised an alarm over what he describes as an emerging trend of coup advocacy on social media platforms, particularly TikTok.
In an interview with NTV
on Monday, Mwaura alleged that powerful actors may be using digital platforms
to subtly influence public opinion in favor of military regimes across Africa.
"There seems to be a very silent psychological
operation promoting military takeovers," he stated.
Mwaura noted a troubling pattern in which democratic leaders
are increasingly portrayed in a negative light - often as old, corrupt, or
ineffective - while military rulers are glorified and romanticized.
"There is a deliberate effort to indignify some African
leaders while uplifting others, especially those with military
backgrounds," he said.
His remarks follow growing online admiration for Burkina
Faso’s interim leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who assumed power after a
military coup in 2022.
Since then, Burkina Faso has formed the Alliance of Sahel
States alongside coup-led Niger and Mali, distancing themselves from ECOWAS.
Meanwhile, ODM leader Raila Odinga recently revealed that
President William Ruto narrowly avoided a coup during the 2024 Gen Z-led
anti-Finance Bill protests.
According to Odinga, the Government's decision to deploy the
military could have escalated into a full-blown crisis.
“The country was on the brink,” he said.
“If the protests had continued as they were, the military
would have taken over, and that would have marked the end of civilian rule.”
Odinga warned that involving the military in civilian
matters is dangerous.
“Once soldiers leave the barracks, they never go back. If
that had happened, Ruto would not be in power today,” he added.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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