๐จ BREAKING: Kenya's new Protests & Picketing Bill has been published.
At first glance, it looks progressive.
โ Protest notices can be sent via email, WhatsApp, in person, or even posted at a police station.
โ Police would be required to protect protesters, journalists and medics, even during spontaneous protests.
โ Plain-clothed officers would be limited to intelligence gathering.
โ Firearms would only be a last resort.
But then you read the fine print.
Protest organizers would still have to notify police 14 days in advance and provide their full identity, phone number and contact details.
Here's the question every Kenyan should ask:
If people fear being profiled, intimidated or arrested after identifying themselves, will they still feel free to submit notices to organize a protest?
Because the police will end up targetting those who submit notices.
Another question: Who defines "last resort"? What objective test will determine that every other option has truly been exhausted?
And if plain-clothed officers are still allowed at protests, what changes in practice? What prevents them from abducting or shooting protesters ??
This legislation in my opinion is extremely weak & gives police even more laws to hide behind as they harm protesters
Rights don't disappear only when they're banned. Sometimes they disappear when exercising them becomes too risky.
The Bill is now headed for public participation.
The bill seems to solve nothing significant on matters police brutality .
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@MaryK2022 There is another video he said how they will use influencers. Lately there are some guys who would be talking against ills in the systems that be, then they do a trip abroad, to some random place, Sana Sana Asia and all of sudden they no longer talk about issues, pay attention
Some of the brains behind Kenyans cok2010. These days there is between 3 to 5 bills being signed into law. In a few years even these men who developed that document will not recognise it. @ProfKibwana
Abel Mutua has revealed that he recently received a demand letter from the Adani Brothers and was forced to pull down an episode he had done about them!
Some time back, he had narrated the story of the two Adani brothers. One became extremely wealthy, He is in Top 10 richest person in the world, while the other mismanaged his companies (Inheritance)
So the brother who didnโt manage his affairs well reached out to Mkurugenzi, threatened to sue Abel for defamation and damaging his reputation. With no ability to fight the legal battle with such a wealthy Person, Abel deleted the video.
But now heโs wonderingโฆ he always narrates his stories in Swahili. Who translated it for those Indians? ๐๐
In the near future, someone will come out, claiming that the Kenyan government deployed Direct Energy Weapons against it's citizens during the 25th June, 2025 and 25th June, 2026 anti-tyranny protests.
And am here to ask you, when that happens, kindly believe them.
Remember back in 2025 when everyone claimed they were ready to occupy statehouse but somehow got disoriented and gave up midway... LRAD (Long Range Acoustic Devices) and Infrasound and Ultrasound Devices were deployed.
You are right, especially when they are spin around families and children and the vulnerable.
The sad part is they are emotionally exhausting even to the spinners, so many of them get completely caught up.
๐จ JUST IN: The mask didn't just slip. It completely fell off on Citizen TV.
Murkomen looked Kenyans in the eye and claimed that the armed men carrying rungus during maandamano, and even those seen during the Embu elections, were not goons.
They were "watchmen."
But the moment Citizen TV rolled footage that poked holes in that story, the fumbling began. Suddenly, the certainty disappeared. Eventually, he conceded that some of them were indeed goons.
Now here's the part that should concern every Kenyan.
When asked why police were not arresting these armed individuals, Murkomen said the police were exercising "restraint."
Restraint.
The same police who rarely show restraint when confronting unarmed protesters. The same police who we have seen beat, arrest, and even shoot unarmed citizens suddenly become champions of restraint when men carrying rungus are involved.
So what exactly is the message here?
That police restraint only applies to people carrying weapons?
That peaceful protesters are treated more harshly than suspected goons?
Murkomen seems to believe Kenyans will ignore what they've seen with their own eyes for years.
Yesterday, that narrative collapsed on live television.