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Why State has resorted to terrorism charges

Manyatta MP Gitonga Mukunji before the Kahawa Law Courts, Nairobi, on July 11, 2025. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] 

The Kenya Kwanza administration has resorted to charging protesters with terrorism, all in a bid to keep its opposition at bay.

What began as the labelling of protesters marching as acts of terror, has now been actualised through several charge sheets approved by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga.

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