(23 Jul 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nairobi, Kenya – 23 July 2024
1. Various of protesters in streets of Nairobi
2. Various of burning motorbike belonging to suspected pro-government supporter
3. Suspected pro-government supporter, lying injured on the ground after protesters apprehended him and handed him over to police
4. Man loaded onto police truck
5. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Charles Onyango, protester:
"Police are just standing by and letting these (suspected) hired goons to disrupt our protests and cause chaos. However when we hold our protests in peace, we are battered and killed. So why are the police not teargasing these goons. If it was us, they would have gassed us."
6. Various of protesters marching
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Julius Kamau Kimani, activist:
"(Everything) that is happening in our day, will continue happening because we kept silent. Somebody said that the world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but it will be destroyed by the good people who look on and do nothing."
8. Police officer firing teargas at protesters
9. Various of teargas canisters exploding and protesters running away
10. Various of police trucks
STORYLINE:
Anti-government protesters in Kenya’s capital clashed with a pro-government group on Tuesday, leading to the burning of a motorcycle that allegedly belonged to people who were voicing their support for the president.
Pro-government supporters took to the streets of Nairobi on motorcycles on Tuesday morning ahead of a planned demonstration by anti-government protesters.
The protesters allege that some of the opposing demonstrators taking part in the day’s events had been hired by pro-government groups, but The Associated Press had no means of verifying their claims.
The anti-government group lit bonfires in the suburb of Imara Daima along the highway that leads to Kenya’s main airport, which was to be the site of Tuesday’s demonstrations.
Airport officials asked travelers to arrive early due to extensive security checks and flight services were continuing as usual.
Elsewhere, police hurled tear-gas canisters at protesters who had blocked another major road that leads to the airport.
Kenya’s anti-government protests entered their fifth week, having started as calls for legislators to vote against a finance bill that proposed new taxes.
President William Ruto declined to sign the controversial bill and has dismissed almost all of his Cabinet ministers, but protesters have continued calling for his resignation.
At least 50 people have died and 413 others have been injured in the protests since June 18, according to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.
Police last week banned protests in Nairobi citing the lack of clear leadership to coordinate with police to ensure safety and security.
The court issued an order suspending the police ban on protests.
Kenya’s constitution guarantees the right to peaceful protest and police are given advance notice in order to provide security.
Police in the past have been accused by activists and civil society groups of violence toward demonstrators.
AP video shot by Idi Ali Juma and Josephat Kasire
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