The National Police Service has called for strict measures to handle demonstrations, including the cancellation of all forms of noise during protests.
Appearing before the National Assembly Committee on Administration and Internal Security, the NPS and the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) urged legislators to include the proposal for noise cancellation as part of the Assembly and Demonstration Bill 2024, tabled by Mbeere North MP Geoffrey Ruku.
Led by James Nduma, the Director of Legal Services at the NPSC, police authorities urged the House committee to consider their requests, arguing that there should be a clear distinction between noise and demonstrations. "There must be a way of separating noise from demonstrations so that we do not have a group that has hired a DJ to run around town, entertaining town, and then in the middle they will say what they want to say," Nduma urged.
Photo of Protestants Holding Demonstrations Over Supreme Court Ruling on LGBTQ on October 6, 2023, in Nairobi Photo Jamia Mosque ''We want those two to be demonstrated so that you are only allowed to demonstrate and make your petition known without involving noise in your demonstration,'' he added. However, the Independent Policing Oversight Authority(IPOA) cautioned members of Parliament against passing laws that are likely to limit the fundamental rights of citizens further.
