This Is Lawfare: Kenya Weaponising The Law To Silence Critics And Protesters

Those swept up in mass arrests of demonstrators in July faced punitive bail terms and draconian charges under terrorism laws Kevin Njoroge, a worker on a flower farm in the Kenyan lakeside town of Naivasha, was making his way back home from his shift last month when he was surrounded by police officers, arrested and thrown in prison. He usually got the bus home, but because of across the country, including in Navaisha, 55 miles 90km east of Nairobi, he had to walk. The demonstrations were to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the Saba Saba 7/7 protests that took place in 1990 and which ended Daniel arap Mois autocratic 24-year reign.