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Civil Society wants KNCHR Chair out of office over IEBC protests

KNCHR Chair Kagwiria Mbogori

NAIROBI: Civil society groups have lodged a petition to remove a human rights watchdog chair from office over remarks on CORD protests.

Their grouse is that Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) Chair Kagwiria Mbogori failed to condemn police brutality and instead attacked the Opposition's demos, yet the right to assemble, demonstrate and picket is guaranteed in the Constitution.

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