(19 Jul 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nairobi - 19 July 2023
1. Various of police firing tear gas at demonstrators
2. Various of demonstrators throwing stones at police
3. Wide of police firing tear gas
4. Tear gas canister exploding in tree
5. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Wycliffe Onyango, Nairobi resident:
"Whatever we earn, we spend it on food. Right now there is no work going on. We are suffering. I plead with the government to deal with the cost of living. (Kenyan President William) Ruto and (Kenyan opposition leader) Raila (Odinga) should talk. The government should stop chest thumping. Ruto is doing wrong by chest thumping."
6. Protesters with banner
7. Tear gas canister exploding
8. Various of protesters throwing stones, police firing tear gas
9. SOUNDBITE (Swahili) Sheikh Amza, Nairobi resident:
"I do not support the protests nor do I support the cost of living. It's good for people to look for other means like dialogue and come up with solutions. Deaths and property destruction will not help and will cause more harm. We have seen people dying and property being destroyed, it is devastating."
10. Police firing tear gas
11. Wide of protesters near burning tyres
12. Mid of police and person running
13. Protester throwing stones
14. Various of police and police vehicles
15. Protesters throwing stones
STORYLINE:
At least five protesters were injured in Kenya Wednesday as police clashed with demonstrators who called for the government to lower the cost of living.
The opposition has called for three days of countrywide protests starting Wednesday in a new wave of demonstrations aimed at forcing the president to repeal a finance law imposing new taxes.
President William Ruto had vowed that no protests would take place in the country, saying he would take on opposition leader Raila Odinga “head-on.”
Four protesters were injured in the capital, Nairobi’s Mathare area, according to a police officer who wished to remain anonymous as he was not authorized to speak to the media.
The Associated Press team covered a man who was injured in Kibera slums.
Businesses in Nairobi remained closed on Wednesday as police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters.
Demonstrations were reported in several other parts of the country including the western counties of Kisumu, Migori and Kisii where the opposition enjoys huge support.
Police on Tuesday said the protests were illegal as no permit had been issued.
The right to peaceful protests is enshrined in the Kenyan constitution but the opposition has in the past held violent protests that have resulted in deaths.
Day schools in Nairobi and the coastal city of Mombasa were ordered to close by the education minister.
Last week’s protests left more than six people dead and many others injured, including 53 children who went into shock after tear gas was thrown inside their school compound.
AP video shot by: Idi Ali Juma and Josphat Kasire
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