There are at least 16 dead and more than 400 injuries in Kenya nationwide, says the human rights organization Amnesty Kenya. The demonstrations began in memory of anti -government demonstrations that had taken place a year ago, but then turned into violence, according to the BBC report.
Thousands of people in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, were protesting against William Ruto’s government and planned new taxes, swinging peaceful twigs, but still clashed with police. Some demonstrations began to hair, which police responded to in downtown Nairobi with tear gas and water cannons. According to a report by the French news agency AFP, the lowest one police officer and many protesters were injured, and many of the siren rescuers were taken away from the scene.
Ruto called on protesters not to endanger the stability of the country, but could not affect them, and the demonstrators tried to get to the presidential residence. By the way, Ruto was in the countryside.
Police raised barricades and fenced barbed wire on main traffic routes, and parliament was also protected. It was no accident that the preparedness was high, and last year the parliament was stormed and some of the protesters were set on fire.
Authorities have not yet reported victims, but Kenya Medical Association, Law Society of Kenya and Police Reforms Working Group said in a joint statement that at least eight protesters had been killed. Of the 400 injured, 83 were required to provide special care and eight were fired. There were three police officers among the wounded, they wrote in the release.
A Kenyatta National Hospital said 107 injured had been transported, mostly fired – sharp and rubber bullets. According to Kenya Power’s national electricity company, one of the company’s security guards was shot in Nairobi while patrolling. According to hospital reports, two people died in Machakos County about a hundred kilometers east of the capital and died into shot wounds.
KTN Kenyai broadcaster said on its Telegram channel that the authorities had stopped broadcasting after broadcasting demonstrations. According to KTN, the Kenyan media authority forbade the press from informing the demonstrations live, MTI wrote.
