Overview

• Police deployed tear gas, water cannons and live ammunition to disperse crowds on June 25, with at least 10 people admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital with gunshot wounds.
• Early this month six individuals, including three police officers, were charged with murder over the custody death of blogger Albert Ojwang, and all have pleaded not guilty.
• Authorities barricaded roads into Nairobi’s central business district and surrounded parliament and State House with razor wire while the Communications Authority ordered a halt to live broadcasts of the demonstrations.
• Protesters carried placards demanding accountability for the 60 killed and dozens missing during last year’s unrest, and many chanted for President Ruto’s resignation.
• Western diplomatic missions from the United States, Britain and Canada issued a joint appeal for peaceful rallies and condemned the use of hired “goons” to disrupt protests.