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Plain cloth officers arrest activists along Harambee Avenue, Nairobi, during Saba Saba protests on Tuesday, July 7, 2026. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]
A lobby group accused security agencies of unlawful arrests, excessive force and enforced disappearances, saying Kenya has failed to deliver justice and accountability decades after the country's pro-democracy struggle.
The Social Justice Centres Working Group (SJCWG) issued the statement on Tuesday to mark Saba Saba Day, saying Kenya has yet to realise the ideals of justice that inspired the original 1990 pro-democracy movement.
SJCWG called for the immediate disclosure of the whereabouts of missing persons and impartial investigations into alleged enforced disappearances and unlawful killings.
