Kenya: Five Students On Trial After Protesting Against the Africa-France Summit
Featured image: Anti-imperialist students face charges in Nairobi. Source: X account of the Revolutionary Students Commission.
Today, the first audience of the trial against five students who joined the protests against the French imperialism summit organized in Nairobi, takes place. The students protested in the University of Nairobi and they are members of the Revolutionary Students Commission, and also of the Communist Party Marxist of Kenya (CPM-K). One of the students charged is the chairperson of the student organization, Samuel Jobunga. The CPM-K has called to express solidarity.
The General Secretary of the CPM-K, Booker Ngesa Omole, has condemned this trial as part of the criminalization by the State against those oppose imperialism. He explains that the charges are fabricated.
The prosecution and the investigating officer did not appear in court to defend their case today.
