Ndubi Moturi

2 days ago | nation.africa | Ndubi Moturi

8am — Gearing up for the unknown The sun had barely lifted the haze off Kimathi Street when the city centre was already pulsating with tension. We stood in a loose huddle outside Nation Centre, near the entrance, our breaths shallow with anticipation and adrenaline. A security guard glanced at us, then quickly looked away. Unlike the anti-government protests we had religiously covered in the past, the June 25 protests were extraordinary in many ways.

4 days ago | nation.africa | Ndubi Moturi |Kevin Cheruiyot

When demonstrators took to the streets on June 25, 2024, to exercise their constitutional rights under Article 37 of the Constitution, Ms Grace Njeri believed the protests would be peaceful. As usual, she opened her businesses along Mfangano Street in Nairobi’s Central Business District. She had just taken out a multimillion-shilling loan to start her shoe business, which had picked up well. Encouraged by the growth, she opened another shop at the New Sunbeam Shopping Complex.

6 days ago | nation.africa | Ndubi Moturi

It was just after 4:30pm on Friday when Samuel Njihia’s phone rang. He was seated on a plastic stool inside his small clothing shop on ACK Street in Mwiki folding a pair of jeans for a customer. He reached for his phone that rarely rings. Outside, the noise of distant shouting and the unmistakable clatter of feet floated in. There had been protests that warm afternoon just a few meters away from his shop over the killing of Abby Wanjiku, 18.

1 week ago | nation.africa | Ndubi Moturi

National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula has cautioned the youth against violent demonstrations on June 25 as tensions rise ahead of the anniversary of last year’s mass protests against the 2024 Finance Bill. Mr Wetang’ula has said that anyone who will engage in any activity of unrest and disruption of the existing peace will be dealt with by the law enforcement agencies. “Anyone who dares to tamper with our peace — let it be known — we shall defend it with every ounce of energy we have.

1 week ago | taifaleo.nation.co.ke | Ndubi Moturi

MWAKA mmoja baada ya maandamano dhidi ya serikali kusababisha vifo vya watoto wao, familia za waathiriwa zinasema ahadi zilizotolewa na Rais William Ruto na maafisa wa juu serikalini hazijatimizwa. Familia hizo sasa zimepanga maandamano ya amani Juni 25 kudai haki. Mnamo Julai 5, 2024, Bi Jacinta Ochieng alipokea simu kutoka kwa Mkuu wa Miradi Maalum ya Rais na Uchumi wa Ubunifu, Dennis Itumbi.