Kenya anti-government protests:10 killed, dozens injured

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AT least 10 people have been killed in protests in Kenya, according to a state-run human rights body – the latest in a wave of anti-government rallies that began last year.

Police opened fire on demonstrators and earlier on, a medic at Eagle Nursing Home in Kangemi, Dr Aron Sikuku, on the outskirts of Nairobi, told the BBC that two bodies had been taken to the facility and had died from gunshot wounds.

He said hundreds of protesters had gathered outside his hospital demanding to take away the bodies.

These demonstrations mark the 35th anniversary of the historic Saba Saba (meaning “seven-seven”) protests of July 7, 1990, which launched Kenya’s push for multi-party democracy.ADC’s

In a scathing report, the state-run Kenya National Commission on Human Rights accused the police of using excessive force, as had frequently been the case during the current wave of protests.

“Police operated in plainclothes and unmarked vehicles on Monday and collaborated with armed criminal gangs in Nairobi, Kajiado, Nakuru, Kiambu, and Eldoret,” it said. The police have denied previous such accusations.

It added that it had evidence that at least two people had been abducted, as well as reported 29 injuries and 37 arrests in towns across the country. Punch