A Machakos court on Tuesday arraigned 68 Saba Saba protest suspects, among them five minors who were accused of participating in unlawful assembly and malicious damage to property in Machakos county.
They appeared before Principal Magistrate Betty Koech who ordered them to be detained for 10 days to allow police to finalise their investigations of the Saba Saba protests that occurred on Monday causing chaos and major losses in Machakos County.
No formal charges have been filed as the Magistrate ordered the minors to return to court on 15th July accompanied by their parents and their birth certificates to ascertain their ages, while the older suspects are expected back in court by 17th July.
This comes a day after the Saba Saba demonstrations paralysed business operations in Machakos, with several businesses vandalised and incurring major losses.
