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Arrested, charged for talking; State using colonial law to silence dissent

A man nabbed during Azimio demonstrations being led away by anti-riot police officers in Mathare, Nairobi. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

It is shameful.

This was the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Eric Theuri's summation of the Kenya Kwanza regime's actions against protesters.

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