Comedian Eric Omondi has been arrested outside Parliament building today by General Service Unit (GSU) officers who were on duty.
According to reports, Eric Omondi was arrested after leading Mama Mbogas and other kenyans in a demonstration outside the parliament building, thus causing a commotion.
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Reports indicate that Eric Omondi was leading protesters along Parliament Road against the Financs Bill 2024 that was set to be discussed in parliament building, due to the various issues within the bill.
The comedian is said to have been booked at Parliament Police Station following the arrest after police officers engaged in running battles with the protesters he was leading.
Thre protestors of whom a majority were women claiming to be mama mboga clad in sack clothes accused the legislators of betrayal amidst claims of planning to approve the Finance bill into law.
The finance bill 2024 has been criticised across the political devide for proposing punitive taxes against common mwananchi and several other suggestions that don’t sit well with the people.
It’s however not the first time that Eric Omondi is leading protestors outside Parliament, as February last year, Omondi was similarly arrested for leading protests against the high cost of living outside the parliament building.
This comes two days after a popular City Lawyer Fred Ogola was arrested in Nairobi CBD on Saturday being among protesters protesting over what they termed as ‘the high cost of living” across the country.
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The lawyer has since termed the arrest as illegal and added that they won’t be intimidated by the arrests noting that they must liberate Kenyans from what he termed as ‘bad governance’.