Demonstrations in Nairobi

Protesters sporadically clash with police again in Kenya on Thursday, 30th March, the third day of protests against the government and inflation, ...

Odinga in a neighborhood in the east of Nairobi, in front of a crowd of young people some of whom waved leafy branches to show their peaceful intentions. Mr Odinga has called for bi-weekly protests against the government every Monday and Thursday, accusing President William Ruto of ‘stealing’ the August presidential election, of being ‘illegitimate’ but also of being unable to curb the price spike. In the densely populated Nairobi slums of Kibera and Mathare, youths erected barricades, set tires on fire and threw projectiles at police, dressed in riot gear, who fired tear gas canisters.

Kenyan anti-riot police officers patrol on the highway next to Kibera slum in Nairobi on March 30, 2023 during a protest called by the opposition leader ...

Local television stations on Thursday showed tires ablaze in Kibera and in Kisumu, near Odinga's ancestral home. On Monday night, a church and a mosque were set ablaze in Nairobi's low-income Kibera district and properties belonging to Odinga's family and former president Uhuru Kenyatta, who supported Odinga in the election, were vandalised. The anti-government protesters set tyres ablaze in Nairobi and the western city of Kisumu on Thursday in a third round of demonstrations organised by opponents of President William Ruto.

Sporadic violence broke out in Kenya on Thursday, the third day of opposition demonstrations to protest at the government and the high cost of living.

"The current portrait of anarchy, and the unfolding criminal madness must stop," he said in a statement. On Thursday, dozens of people in the congested Nairobi neighbourhoods of Mathare and Kibera engaged police in running battles, throwing rocks and burning tyres while officers responded with tear gas. "The unfolding situation portends grave danger to the rule of law and the stability of our country." - On Thursday, dozens of people in the congested Nairobi neighbourhoods of Mathare and Kibera engaged police in running battles, throwing rocks and burning tyres while officers responded with tear gas In opposition leader Raila Odinga's lakeside bastions of Kisumu and Homa Bay in western Kenya, protesters also hurled rocks at police and lit bonfires in the middle of the road. Sporadic violence broke out in Kenya on Thursday, the third day of opposition demonstrations to protest at the government and the high cost of living.