Babu Owino Steps in after police Disrupt Student Demos Outside Parliament
Embakasi East MP Babu Owino intervened an incident where police disrupted a demonstration staged by students outside Parliament on Tuesday, June 8.
The students had taken to the street to protest increased rape and brutal murder cases targeting university students.
Police stormed the peaceful demonstrations and confiscated placards and banners prepared by the students from various universities across the city.
Owino was advocating that the police should not arrest the protesters but allow them to hold the peaceful demos.
"Do not arrest them. All they need is a notification, not an approval. The problem is you (the officers) often begin rioting while throwing teargas.
"This is what you should do. People like the comrades, who have marked their destination...