Okoa Mombasa meeting at Technical University of Mombasa called of due to ‘security’ matters.

David Ndii addressing a crowd outside TUM.

Activists led by constitutional lawyer Yash Ghai and Economist David Ndii were on Saturday, 12/11/2019 bared from accessing TUM where they were to speak about matters including a dwindling economy that has been linked to the government move to compel importers to haul their cargos to Nairobi using the Standard gauge railway. Police manned the gates of the University to keep them from entering the University.

The team was blocked from entering TUM where they were to speak about regional issues. The Activists resolved to hold a peaceful demonstration outside the University against the government move. The group accused the government of frustrating civil societies to keep them from criticizing it.

Officials from Muslim for Human Rights (MUHURI) and who were the organizers said that they were asked to call off the meeting for security purposes. Ndii however went ahead with his address outside the institution where he shed light on the debt crisis in the country.

He also dismissed the government idea to extend the SGR stating that it was a moop project and a total waste to the taxpayers money. “We as the taxpayers of Kenya are paying for a project that is of low benefits to the common mwananchi”. The determined group however, decided to organize another event in the near future.