- The cries of pain spread in the thika court with many women crying for failing to reach the level of bail they described as higher
- Inside the cells, 58 banned young men shot metals, requesting to be released after the seventh protests turned on a violation of the law
- The court imposed bail that many families said could be one million shillings, thus sparked threats of stripping of clothing in protest
- Prosecutors filed heavy charges related to the raid of supermarkets and destroyed police vehicles, but relatives claimed that their arrest was not based on
Bitter cries spread out of court of Thika With many mothers crying out for failing to pay their children’s bond.
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The teenagers, seemingly desperate to be released from the hands of the police, were arrested during the The procession The latest seven seven.
Within the judicial cells, 58 young people shouted and shouted for freedom that now seemed to be failing.
In his decision on Wednesday, July 16, the court stated that every suspect had to pay a cash bail KSh 100,000 or put a KSh 300,000 bond.
Many families gathered outside were poor and said that much could also be about a million.
When the mothers were in pain, they cried in public and threatened to strip out of the court in protest of the decision.
Some rode in police cars, saying they would rather march with their children to go to court than to leave them there.
The pain of separation was obvious due to serious financial challenges, following the complex terms of the bond.
Emmah Wambui, one of the parents, remembered his visit to the police station, where he confronted the officer
“When I went to the police station, I asked her as a mother, ‘You and the baby have stolen from a big store?’ He said to me, ‘No, tell him DCI He should give you CCTV that shows them to pull me into the Maathai supermarket while I am being beaten, ”he complained.
Wambui inspired senior government officials for dismissing the poor economic situation that many Kenyans face.
Another parent, Jennifer Atieno, shared her confusion with her sadness, insisting that her child had a negative identity.
“He had gone to the store and told me,” Mom, let me buy you milk and go to me “… then he was arrested, and he told me,” Mom, I was arrested “… when I went, I found he was placed in a robbery group,” she explained.
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What charges are against young people in Thika court?
According to the indictment, they were arrested following the seventh protest of the government and are now charged with theft and other illegal Kenyan laws.
Prosecutors allegedly targeted John Okeyo Otieno, Mathai Supermarket manager in Juja, during the protest riots, stealing goods worth more than KSh 8.7 million.
But the families and community members say the charges are unstoppable and have not been confirmed.
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Some believe that the arrests were rapidly and without exception, since Kiritu Chege, the brother of one of the defendants, expressed his frustration.
“No one here has the money to collect KSh 100,000, and these are charges that they don’t even have one piece of evidence to show that someone did it,” he left.
In addition to the allegation of theft, some of the suspects are also facing charges of destroying two police vehicles and injuring three soldiers at the Juja police station.
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