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Eight fined Sh2,000 each for taking part in Monday demos

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Azimio mass protests on Monday, March 20, 2023. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Masinde Muliro University (MMUST) students and locals who took to the streets on Monday have been slapped with a Sh2,000 each.

The eight, who appeared before Principal Magistrate Josephine Maragia, were charged with unlawfully demonstrating along the Kakamega-Webuye road. The eight asked the court to give them a lenient sentence or consider setting them free as they were poor.

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