Kenyan rights activist plans to run for president in 2027

FILE PHOTO: Kenyan human rights activist Boniface Mwangi talks to his wife Njeri Mwangi and son Nate Simphiwe from a steel caged dock after he was charged with unlawful possession of ammunition over his alleged role in deadly anti-government protests in June, at the Kahawa Law Courts in Kiambu County, Kenya July 21, 2025. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan human rights activist Boniface Mwangi, who has played a prominent role in anti-government protests, said on Wednesday he plans to run for the presidency in the country's 2027 election.

His candidacy will test whether the popular support for protests, led by young Kenyans over the last two years, can be translated into an electoral movement.