Kenya: Right Triumphs Over Might in Law

opinion

When the police cancelled the Limuru 2B meeting last month several people argued there was no need to challenge what was clearly an injustice. It seemed that Gema's decision to abrogate on itself the right to determine who all those of us from the three communities would vote for was not meant to be challenged.

It was also clear that our calls for nationalism amongst Kenyans as we head to the general election were unwelcome as far as some powerful individuals in Central Kenya were concerned. The use of police might to scuttle our legally convened meeting was meant to show that we were also a powerless minority in this discourse.

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