The protestors, the same group that had protested for free entrance, water and food on Tuesday, demanded free food for slum children at the Windsor café.

"This establishment belongs to a capitalist who is exploiting us in our own space by charging exorbitant prices for his food," said Wangui Mbatia, one of the protestors.

Of the over 50 food stalls in the Forum, the protestors only targeted Windsor because it is owned by the minister, who is controversial for his heavy-handedness in dealing with dissent, at one time raiding the offices of Kenya’s major newspapers, ‘The Standard’, ostensibly in the interests of national security.

When the protestors appeared adamant that the children should be given free food, Windsor kitchen staff eventually began to give the children food. But in the melee, adults also began to help themselves to any edibles they could lay their hands on until the kitchen was wiped clean and the café closed shop.

The management at Windsor Hotel declined to comment on the protest.

Also on Wednesday, members of Youth Alive protested against TerraViva by tearing up copies of the newspaper, because the paper reported that its t-shirts, which were selling at $5, were not a "best seller" at the Forum.

One of the activists, Paul Murethi – flanked by European supporters – said he had a right to feel hurt by what the paper had written about the t-shirts, but later apologised for tearing the papers, agreeing that the only people who did so were those who tried to stifle freedom of expression.

He explained that Youth Alive was made of youths from the slums who had worked hard to produce the t-shirts and was unhappy that the media had trivialised their achievement.