Kenya: Court Dismisses IG Kanja’s Directive Banning Protests in Nairobi

The High Court has quashed Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja’s directive that restrained protests within the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD).

Justice Bahati Mwamuye on Thursday ruled that Kanja’s directive in June last year that halted protests within the city centre was unconstitutional and therefore illegal.

The police boss had issued an order stopping protests within Nairobi CBD citing intelligence reports indicating that criminal elements were planning to infiltrate…