The regime is preventing the exercise of the right of assembly by blocking leaders so that the intended assemblies do not take place. The police are being made part of the political purposes of the regime, including mouthing its political messages publicly. This response of the regime is contrary to the Constitution’s most basic foundation: that we are “one indivisible sovereign nation, and we are determined to live in peace and unity” as such sovereign nation. The first article of the Constitution vests this sovereign power in the people of Kenya. (2) then goes on: “The people may exercise their sovereign power… directly … .”The mwandamano is a direct exercise of this sovereign power.

Source: Daily Nation July 15, 2023 17:12 UTC