Nairobi Court has convicted nine people accused of participating in Wednesday’s demonstrations after pleading guilty to taking part in unlawful assembly.
Kennedy Kinywa, Stephen Baraza, John Mbithi, Musyoka Solo, Yasin Fadir, Glen Asumba among others appeared before Milimani chief magistrate Lucas Onyina and admitted to participating in demonstrations while running, shouting, destroying properties and obstructing other road users.
The prosecution said their actions caused the road users reasonable fear that they were to commit a breach of peace.
They are said to have committed the offence on July 19 along the North Airport Road within Embakasi south with others not before court.
The prosecution told court that on Wednesday at around 11 am, some notorious people were taking part in the unlawful assembly within Kobil area in Embakasi.
According to the prosecution, they were throwing stones at members of the public and motorists.
Police officers under the command of the OCS villa police station teargassed and managed to arrest the accused persons.
The prosecution said Stephen Baraza was found recording and filming police officers and his phone was confiscated at the police station.
Magistrate Onyina will sentence the nine convicts on Friday 21, July.
