The government was on Wednesday sued for barricading roads heading to the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) and cordoning off Parliament and the State House.
This came as the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) also sought to force the police to produce Ndiangui Kinyagia, a blogger who was claimed to be behind the June 25, 2025 protests timetable. The human rights group, Katiba Institute, filed the case over the barricades.
Its lawyer Joshua Malidzo argued that the government wanted to overturn court orders issued in February this year barring the Inspector General of Police and the Attorney General from banning or stopping protests.
Malidzo further argued that protestors were not notified that sections of the capital would not be accessible or that they would not be allowed to protest in. "Through actions that evidence a police state, the respondents have this morning barricaded the roads leading to the Central Business District in Nairobi in a bid to ensure that Kenyans do not enjoy their right to demonstrate and picket as guaranteed by the Constitution despite Kenyans complying with the law and having given notice to the police of the planned demonstrations, the Police did not notify Kenyans that they will be blocking roads or streets to or within the Central business district," argued Malidzo.
