Parliament should repeal and replace the colonial public order law

Protestor being whisked away by the police along Parliament Road, Nairobi, June 10, 2021. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Part of the rights that underpin democracies all over the world is the right to assemble, protest, demonstrate and picket.

This right also reinforces other rights, including public participation, political rights as well as freedom of expression that allows members of the public, pressure groups and the marginalised to organise and articulate their issues and grievances.