Jul 19, 2021 | Civic Space Monitor
In another incident involving university students, on 19th July 2021, learners at Meru National Polytechnic University demonstrated against student election irregularities. According to the students, the administration had influenced the elections to favor a...
Jul 15, 2021 | Civic Space Monitor
In a similar incident the following day, 15th July 2021, students of Dedan Kimathi University in Nyeri staged a protest outside the school and blocked roads leading to the institution to denounce a fee increase. The school’s administration suspended all in-person...
Jul 14, 2021 | Civic Space Monitor
In other developments, on 14th July 2021, Nairobi University students protested a fee increase. The protest, which was held along University Way and Uhuru highway in the capital’s central business district, was organized by the University of Nairobi Students’...
Jul 7, 2021 | Civic Space Monitor
Relatedly, on 7th July 2021, police in Nairobi arrested dozens of protestors calling for an end to police brutality and an end to the curfew put in place to curb COVID-19, during the annual Saba Saba protest that takes place every 7th July. Police officers dispersed...
Jun 27, 2021 | Civic Space Monitor
On 27th June 2021, protests broke out in Kisii after the police shooting of a 16-year-old girl. Reportedly, police officers shot the girl who was walking home, while dispersing a protest in Rioma the previous day, where residents were demonstrating against the death...
