Lawyer Nelson Havi on Tuesday, December 10, challenged the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) President Faith Odhiambo after she condemned police actions witnessed during the femicide protests.
Through his X account, the lawyer opined that Faith was engaged in PR stunts.
He acknowledged that the LSK President was in the company of senior government officials during the incidents, further wondering if she raised any concerns with them.
"Madam President, you are seated in one room, one row with the PS Interior, the State officer in charge of the Police. I understand you are discussing the state of human rights in Kenya," he wrote.
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The habit of violent response by police to Kenyans expressing their constitutional right to demonstrate and picket is increasingly becoming incorrigible. There is absolutely no justification for attacking, arresting, and interfering with harmless Kenyans agitating for the… pic.twitter.com/aMYznfDGgr
— Faith Odhiambo (@FaithOdhiambo8) December 10, 2024
"Have you addressed this violation with him or at the conference? Stop these PR stunts."
Havi made the remarks after the LSK President called out the police for arresting and teargassing protesters who were raising concerns over the increase of femicide cases in the country.
"The habit of violent response by police to Kenyans expressing their constitutional right to demonstrate and picket is increasingly becoming incorrigible," she commented.
"There is absolutely no justification for attacking, arresting, and interfering with harmless Kenyans agitating for the protection of women, especially when the threat of violence against women is, ostensibly, a national crisis."
Notably, the various leaders across the political divide including Millicent Omanga and Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei also condemned the actions of the police against protesters.
