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Boniface Mwangi set free over Finance Bill demonstrations

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Human rights activist Boniface Mwangi and two others arrested on Tuesday while leading demonstrations against the contentious Finance Bill, 2024, were on Wednesday freed unconditionally after the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) failed to prefer any charges against them.

Mwangi, Ngatia Kimathi, and Mathias Shipeta detained at Milimani Law courts inside a police Subaru vehicle at the parking lot for hours were released by police a few minutes to 4 pm after the DPP wrote a letter stating that police had no evidence to warrant charging the trio.

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