Show threadmackenzianJun 7, 2025
A democratic country should *celebrate not criminalize* citizens who help their neighbors understand what their representative government is planning to do, how it might affect them, and how to contact that government. #FreeRoseNjeri
Show threadmackenzianJun 7, 2025

I learned about Njeri from The Continent. The BBC and Citizen Digital have also reported. #FreeRoseNjeri

https://citizen.digital/news/what-we-know-about-rose-njeris-arrest-the-contentious-finance-bill-rejection-tool-n363924

What we know about Rose Njeri’s arrest, the contentious Finance Bill rejection tool

Kenyan software developer Rose Njeri was arrested at her Nairobi apartment on Friday, May 30, after she shared a link to an online tool built to facilitate public objections to the 2025 Finance Bill.

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mackenzianJun 6, 2025
Rose Njeri did the kind of civic tech development that Americans do at workshops, talk up at conferences, and encourage college students to do in their free time: she built an tool that helped Kenyans understand a bill and write to Parliament about it. She was arrested last week. #FreeRoseNjeri
flashnews kenyaJun 2, 2025
🗣️ “The government must uphold the law.”
Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot breaks silence on Rose Njeri’s arrest.
Her continued detention over Finance Bill activism puts gov’t under fire.
#FreeRoseNjeri #FinanceBill2025 #AaronCheruiyot #RuleOfLawKE
flashnews kenyaJun 2, 2025
🚨 “Arrest her!” — ODM MP Opondo Kaluma demands prosecution of Rose Njeri, the activist mom behind the anti-Finance Bill website.
Now Kenyans are demanding his accountability.
#FreeRoseNjeri #FinanceBill2025 #ODMKaluma #DigitalRightsKE
https://flashnews.co.ke/outrage-mp-kaluma-calls-prosecution-activist-rose-njeri/