City lawyer Donald Kipkorir on Wednesday applauded the police for upholding the Kenyan Constitution.
Posting on his Twitter account, the legal master noted that the Kenyan Police had opened a new chapter as they did not lob tear gas nor did they deploy water cannons to the thousands of NASA supporters who had turned up to witness the swearing-in of Raila Odinga.
Kipkorir thanked the police for not shooting hence no one either died or got injured and no property was destroyed.
He had on Monday drafted a message to the police stating: "Dear Kenya Police... Artiles 239 & 244 Of our Constitution demands your political neutrality & impartiality & binds you to respect the Bill of Rights ... Police Of Europe, America & South Africa have never shot political demonstrators in decades. History records your actions."
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NASA followers turned out in numbers from across the country to observe Raila take oath of office as the People's President.
Last week, Nairobi Police Commander Japheth Koome asserted that he would not allow NASA to hold the planned ‘swearing in' at Uhuru Park Grounds.
This followed a ban by Nairobi County barring the coalition from proceeding with the ceremony on claims that there were ongoing renovations at the place.
However, the police who had initially prevented NASA supporters from entering the park on Tuesday morning later retreated.
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According to the officers, they took that action to avoid chaos similar to what was experienced in November 2017, when Odinga returned to the country causing the deaths of tens of his supporters.
“It was a decision made to ensure peace and stability at large,” highlighted a senior police boss.
