Yesterday in Nairobi

Kenyans for Peace With Truth and Justice gathered at the Kenya National Commission for Human Rights, and walked to Kilimani Police Station, to report election-related crimes.

Just before we set out, we received a call from the Commanding Officer of the Police Station. He told us he had been informed we were planning a procession, and that was illegal. Our response was that there was no procession involved. We were simply individual Kenyans, walking to our local police station, to report a crime. Which is what we did, over 100 of us, singly or in pairs, which confused the police enough to let us get there without obstruction.

Another collective action, just one block away from us, on Argwings Kodhek Road, was not so lucky. The Women's Initiative of the ODM party marched peacefully down the road, towards All Saints Cathedral, carrying banners and chanting, and were tear-gassed by the police. One of them was carrying her baby.

On the 4pm news, we were told the police have banned all "processions." Does that include weddings? Funerals? A fellow KPTJ member texted me: "What next? Put the whole country under house arrest?"