High level meeting is said to have been held in Nairobi by a multi agency team of police officers to plan on how to handle the planned protests outside Parliament on Tuesday to oppose the Finance Bill, 2024.
According to reports, the meeting was attended by high ranking police officials to know the way forward amid plans to block some roads near Parliament by Kenyans who started the movement on social media.
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The protestors are said to have handed in their letter to the authorities for the planned peaceful protests against the Finance Bill, but there are worries that Members of Parliament will have a difficult time accessing Parliament.
However, reports indicate that the Anti Riot police officers will be deployed, with several kenyans claiming that there is ill intention towards members of the public who want their voices to be heard in a peaceful demonstration as directed in the constitution.
Led by activist Boniface Mwangi, kenyans will be picketing outside the parliament building with the message Occupy Parliament and Reject Finance Bill 2024 that has been controversial with high taxation.
However, Nairobi police commander Adamson Bungei said that the protestors are unpredictable and there is fear that the group will disrupt businesses hence the deployment of Anti-Riot police officers.
Aware of the dangers, kenyans on social media have vowed to go ahead with the plan to hold the demonstrations outside Parliament to ensure that MPs hear their call and shoot down the bill before it becomes a law.
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“We shall gather to keep vigil as members of Parliament vote at 2.30pm. IG Koome to provide police to protect us as he respects Article 37 of the Constitution: The right to protest and picket.”