Kenya’s Anti-government Protest Claims More Lives, Injuries
No fewer than sixteen people have died in the nationwide anti-government protests in Kenya on Wednesday.
Amnesty International who made this known in an interview with news men said most of them got killed by police.
Head of Amnesty International in Kenya, Irungu Houghton said, a year after deadly demonstrations against a tax bill culminated in the storming of parliament.
Also, according to the local media, thousands of Kenyans took to the streets to commemorate last year’s demonstrations, in which more than 60 people died, with police firing tear gas and water cannons to disperse them in the capital Nairobi.
Some protesters clashed with police, and 16 people were “verified dead, adding that the figures were verified by the global rights watchdog and the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR).
The agency said over 400 casualties have been reported, including demonstrators, police officers and journalists,KNCHR said in a statement shared on its official X account that allegations of excessive use of force, including rubber bullets, live ammunition and water cannons, resulted in numerous injuries.
An official (name withheld) at the capital’s main Kenyatta National Hospital said the facility had received dozens of wounded people.
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Large crowds were seen earlier heading in the direction of State House, the president’s official residence.
