/ 5 February 1999

KENYAN MPs IN COURT

THREE Kenyan legislators and a leading environmental activist have appeared in court on charges of inciting violence. James Orengo of the Ford-Kenya party, Njehu Gatabaki of the Social Democratic Party and Green Belt Movement activist John Makanga appeared before Nairobi principal magistrate, Jane Ondieki after being arrested after three days of riots by students from Kenyatta and Nairobi universities. The students were demonstrating against a proposed housing development in Nairobi’s Karura forest.