US EditionDeath toll from Kenya’s latest anti-government protest surges to 31
KENYA, JUL 9 – The protests demanding political reforms and police accountability follow a blogger's death in custody and have resulted in 31 deaths and over 500 arrests, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights said.
- On Monday, July 7, anti-government protests in Nairobi, Kenya, resulted in a death toll surging to 31, the highest since demonstrations began earlier this year.
- The recent demonstrations began following the passing of a blogger while detained by police, highlighting widespread public frustration with police misconduct, corruption, and increasing living expenses.
- Demonstrators faced police roadblocks, tear gas, and water cannons while over 500 people were arrested and widespread property destruction, including supermarkets, occurred.
- Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen ordered police to shoot anyone approaching police stations after several were burned, while mobile phone seller Nancy Gicharu said, "We lost cash, phones, a lot of them."
- The unrest increases challenges for President William Ruto, with the UN calling on the government to address protesters' concerns while ensuring the right to speak out, gather, and demonstrate peacefully is upheld.
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At least 31 people killed in violent Kenya anti-government protests
At least 31 people were killed on Monday in a violent anti-government protest in Nairobi, Kenya, the state-funded human rights commission said. Evelyne Musambi, the East Africa reporter for the Associated Press, joins with the latest details.
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