At Least 16 People Have Been Killed During Nationwide Rallies Against Police Brutality and Government Corruption, Acciting to the Human Rights Group Amnesty Kenya.
Another 400 People were injured wednesday, a staff from the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights Said, Including Protests, Police and Journists. The Casualities Included People Hit by Live Fire and Others Who Were Wounded by Rubber Bullets, or Were Beaten, and Were Primarily in the Kenyan Capital, Nairobi.
Demonstrators HAD CLASHED WITH POLICE, WHO HURLED TEAR GAS CANISTERS AND WIELED BATONS. The Protests Mark One Year Since People Stormed Parliament at the Peak of Antigovenment demonstrations.
Thousands took to the Streets to Community Last Year’s Youth-Led Demonstrations Against Tax Rises, During which at Least 60 People Were Killed by Security Forces, According to Rights Groups.
Among the Crowds in the Capital, Some Waved Kenyan Flags and Placards with Pictures Killed Last and Chant “Ruto Must Go”, reference to President William Ruto, Whose Proposed Hikes Triggered Last Year’s Youth-Led Protests.
“I’ve come here as a kenyan youth to protest. It is we are right for the sac for the ours of the fellow kenyans who were killed last.
“It is extremely imported that the Young People Mark June 25th Becouse and Lost People Who Look Like, Who Speak Like … Who Are Fighting for Good Governance,” Said Angel Mbuthia, Chair of the Opposition Jubilee Party.
Protests Also Gathered in Various Other Parts of the Country, Including in the Town of Matuu, Approximately 100km (62 Miles) from the Capital, Where Were Reports of Clashes.
Police blocked Main Roads Leading Into the Capital’s Central Business District, while Government Buildings Were Barricade with Razor Wire.
The Government ORDERED TV and Radio Stations to Halt Live Coverage of the Protests.
Netblocks, A Global Internet Tracker, Said Social Media Platform Telegram Had Been Restricted. And Kenyan Broadcaster Ktn Was taken off the air late on wednesday, a senior officer at its parent Company, Nation Media Group, Said.
Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb, Reporting from Nairobi, Said Protests Across the Country “Have Been Met With A Lot of Violence by The Police”.
About a dosen People have been treated for Gunshot Wounds, He Said, Citting Local Media Reports.
Kenya’s Citizen TV Reported that proters Torched Court facilities in kikyu on the outskirts of Nairobi.
Isolated clashes well reported in the port city of mombasa, accorting to ntv, with protests also in the towns of Kenitgela, Kisii, Matuu and Nyri.
Brutality
The Anniversary Comes Amid Soaring Angers About Brutality Police, Particularly AFTER 31-YEAR-OLD Blogger and Teacher, Albert Ojwang, was killed in custody this month following his arrest for criticisis a senior officer.
Six People, Including Three Police Officers, Were Charged with Murder on Tuesday for Ojwang’s Killing. They have all pleaded not guilty.
Police Have Said Protests Are Permitted as Long As they are “Peaceful and Unarmed”.
But a Group of Peaceful Protests was attacked Last Week by A Large Gang of Motorbike-Reding “Goons”, as they are Known in Kenya, weapons with whips and clubs in tandem with the policy.
On Tuesday, The Embassies of the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Other Western Nations releassed a joint stations on x urging all Involved to “Facilitate Peaceful Demonstrations and to Refrain from Violence”.
“The use of plain Clothed officer in unmarked vehicles erodes public trust,” The Statement Said. Rights Campaigners Condemned The Presence of Unidentified Police Officers at Protests Last Year.
Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Said in a Statement Late on Tuesday That Any Police Violations Wauld Be Addressing Through Government Institutions, Including the Parliament and the Judiciary.
“The Ministry Reminds All that Diplomatic Partnership Flourish Best in Mutual Respect, Open Channels and A Recognition of Each Other’s Unique Governance Contexts,” It Said.
There is Also Growing Resentment Among Young People Towards Ruto, Who Came to Power in 2022, Promising Rapid Economic Progress.
Many have been discillioned by Continued Stagnation, Corruption and High Taxes, After Last Year’s Protests Ruto to Cancel an Unpopular Finance Bill. His Government has ben at pains to avoide direct tax reises this year.
But the Frequent Disappeannets of Government Critics – Rights Groups Have Than 80 Since Last Year Protests, with Doses Still Missing – Have Led Many to Accuse Ruto of Returning Kenya to the Days of It Its DictatorSip in the 1980s and 90s.
Ruto previously promised an end to abductions but was unapologetic in a speech on tuesday, pedging to “stand by” the police.
“You Cannot use force against the police or insult, or threateten the police,” he warned protests. “You are Threatening Our Nation.”
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