Activist and Former Starehe Candidate Boniface Mwangi has disclosed that he will be turning 35 years old on Tuesday.
Via his social media, Boniface on Monday stated that he was scheduled to appear at the Supreme Court for a case which Chief Justice David Maraga will hear.
"Tomorrow I turn 35, instead of celebrations, l shall be in court for being on the right side of history... at 9:00 AM at the Supreme Court in Nairobi our case will be heard by a bench led by Chief Justice David Maraga," we wrote on Facebook.
His post elicited mixed reactions with a section of Kenya supporting Boniface in his quest for justice.
"I love the spirit in you because you don't align yourself to a certain group of people simply because you come from their tribe and so you have to buy their ideas or agenda, however, evil or rotten they are," one user commented.
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"Happy Birthday my age mate, I hope the Maraga team are now born again n they will be at the right side of history," another noted.
On the other hand, some Kenyans took issue with the activist's words with one rebuffing: "You must be sick.... what right side of history? Your act on that day was a disgrace to the country. That's what the courts ought to be reminding you tomorrow."
"Your donors and sponsors will join you some of us we will be busy trying to make ends meat coz we have to work and nobody will represent us at our workstations," one Kenyan responded.
On May 14, 2013, Mwangi and other activists painted pigs with the names of legislators who were pushing for higher pay and delivered them to parliament.
The protest took place months after the MPs were sworn into the national assembly. Among their first actions was to award themselves a hefty pay rise, making them some of the highest paid in the world.
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"We provoked an uprising against the collective greed of MPs. Although police used teargas and water cannons to disperse us, the pigs did not move an inch.
"17 of us were beaten, arrested and arraigned in court on criminal charges. We moved to court to challenge the constitutionality of the charges. In August 2014 a high court judge ruled, dismissing the constitutional reference case, essentially holding that our fundamental rights were not violated," Boniface explained.
Here are more photos from the protests:
