Ex-Kenyan chief justice arrested at protest (VIDEO) Former Kenyan Chief Justice David Maraga was arrested during a demonstration against proposed changes to Nairobi National Park. Protesters opposed plans to use parkland for a parking facility and relocate the Nairobi Animal Orphanage. The rally, which was met with tear gas and arrests by riot police, is the latest in a series of protests against development projects impacting protected areas in Kenya.

• Former Kenyan Chief Justice David Maraga was arrested during a protest.
• The protest was against plans to alter Nairobi National Park, including excising 75 acres for a parking facility.
• Another plan opposed was the relocation of the Nairobi Animal Orphanage.
• Maraga argued that protected land should not be altered without public participation.
• Riot police dispersed protesters with tear gas and arrested at least nine people, including Maraga.
• Nairobi National Park, established in 1946, is Kenya’s oldest national park and home to various wildlife.
• This protest follows another recent demonstration in Nanyuki against a proposed US Ebola quarantine facility.