Kenya dispatch: Nairobi’s anti-France protests spark debate over democracy, diplomacy

Kenya dispatch: Nairobi’s anti-France protests spark debate over democracy, diplomacy

Griffins Abuora is a Kenya School of Law student based in Kisumu, where he reports on legal, policy, and human rights developments in Kenya for JURIST. The arrest of five activists in Nairobi on Tuesday, May 12, during the Africa Forward Summit, once again placed Kenya at the center of a difficult debate: how should a democratic state balance public order and diplomatic interests against the constitutional right to protest? The demonstrations, s…