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Question on legality of soldiers in street lingers

KDF soldiers leave Nyayo National Stadium to quell anti-Finance Bill protests in the CBD on June 27, 2024. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

The Gazette Notice announcing the deployment of Kenya Defense Forces personnel to assist police restore order in the wake of Tuesday's unprecedented events across Kenya raises political, legal and constitutional questions.

Defense Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale cites Article 241 of the Constitution of Kenya and Sections 31,33 and 34 of the Kenya Defense Forces Act 2012 that permits such a deployment, to defend his nocturnal gazette notice of June 25 2024.

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