(10 Dec 2024)
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Nairobi, Kenya – 10 December 2024
1. Various of protesters running from police using teargas, marching
2. SOUNDBITE (English/Kiswahili) Julius Kamau, protester:
++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT; PARTLY OVERLAID WITH SHOT 3++
"The constitution is very clear and everybody must show fidelity to the constitution of Kenya, including the police. They are chasing us like children. And we are here to protest against killings of people, women and girls. It’s happening everywhere, our lives do not matter in this country. How long shall we live like this?"
3. Various of Kamau being detained
4. Protesters chanting (English): "Teach your sons"
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nancy Waithera, protester:
++PARTLY OVERLAID WITH SHOT 6++
"We are begging you to not kill us. We came here for a reason, and they are throwing teargas all over. Women are dispersed all over. It’s very wrong for police to do this. It is high time for you to listen to women. Stop killing us."
6. Various of women chanting and protesting
STORYLINE:
Police in Kenya hurled teargas canisters Tuesday at hundreds of protesters against gender-based violence, or femicide, in the capital, Nairobi, and arrested an unknown number of people.
Protesters chanting “Stop femicide” were dispersed by police in a public park where they had gathered and later engaged in running battles along the streets. Several protesters were injured in the confrontation Tuesday.
Kenya has a silent epidemic of gender-based violence. Police in October said 97 women had been killed since August, most by their male partners.
Last month, President William Ruto committed more than 700-thousand US dollars for a campaign to end femicide after meeting with elected women leaders.
A U.N. report released in November to mark the start of a separate 16-day global campaign said Africa recorded the highest rate of partner-related femicide in 2023.
There has been a series of anti-femicide protests in Kenya and on Nov. 25 during the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, police used tear gas to disperse a handful of protesters who had braved the bad weather.
Kenya was among several African countries elected to the U.N. human rights council on Oct. 9.
The police crackdown on protesters on Tuesday during Human Rights Day has been criticized by activists.
Activists questioned how law enforcement agencies have handled femicide cases, protesting the escape from police cells of a suspect who confessed to killing 42 women after dismembered bodies were found stuffed in plastic sacks and dumped in a flooded quarry.
AP Video shot by Josphat Kasire and Idi Ali Juma
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