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Court bars police from arresting protesters, holding them incommunicado

A protestor held by police while demonstrating against the Finance Bill 2024 in Nairobi on June 20, 2024. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]

The Law Society of Kenya has moved to court to stop deployment of the military to control protestors.

The LSK sued Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale and Chief of Defence Forces Charles Kahariri to stop the deployment of military to quell protests in the country.

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