Nairobi — The High Court has declined to stop the ongoing Azimio demonstrations led by Raila Odinga.

This follows an application by former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko who argued that the protests had caused massive disruptions with businesses affected.

In her ruling, justice Hedwig Ongundi further declined to order the Inspector General of Police to arrest the demonstrators.

A ruling on a different petition by United Democratic Alliance youth leaders who sought an injunction to stop the protests is due Tuesday.

The youth leaders had filed a petition seeking an injunction to stop the protests in Nairobi and elsewhere in the country.

The party through it youth leader Samuel Masaka and a Nairobi professional business leader Nimrod Stanley stated that the ongoing demonstrations has caused destruction to property with the government loosing huge revenue.

In their petition, they are asking the court to issue a permanent injunction to stop any further demonstrations and further asked Inspector General of police Japhet Koome to take charge.

They argued that Azimio should not take advantage of section 37 of the constitution on freedom of expression and picketing.