No Maandamano on Tuesday, police tells Raila
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Police deny Azimio leader Raila Odinga permission to hold Maandamano slated to take place on Tuesday within Nairobi CBD
Police deny Azimio leader Raila Odinga permission to hold Maandamano slated to take place on Tuesday within Nairobi CBD.
Nairobi Police Boss Adamson Bungei on Sunday, April 30, banned Azimio party leader Raila Odinga from holding mass demonstrations scheduled for Tuesday, May 2.
Speaking at the Regional Police Headquarters, Bungie explained that the previous protests were marred with violence and death.
Bungei, in a press briefing, noted that while Article 37 of the Constitution provided for the right to picket, it was not obsolete.
In declining to grant Azimio the permission, Mr Bungei told. press briefing on Sunday morning that, “Previous demonstrations in the month of March were marred with violence as the demonstrators were armed with machetes, who attacked innocent members of the public who were going by their business …”
He noted that this resulted in “the destruction of property, attacks on members of the general public who were not demonstrating, stealing, looting and death of several Kenyans”.
“The Azimio demonstrations were nothing but peaceful as such by this letter we are declining to allow the Azimio team the go-ahead to proceed with the demonstrations, and any such demonstration will be dispensed by law enforcement officers,” said the Nairobi regional police commander.
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“There will be no demonstrations within the Nairobi City. Any such demonstrations will be dispersed by law enforcement agencies,” Bungei noted.
However, the police boss intimated that if Odinga had applied to conduct demonstrations along one street in Nairobi, then the police would have considered the application.
The declaration by the police came after Raila announced plans to hold Maandamano after his return from a trip to Dubai.
In the statement, ODM earmarked Moi, Kenyatta, Haile Selassie, and Harambee Avenues for the Azimio procession.
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