Overview

• At least 31 protesters were killed and 107 wounded during Monday’s nationwide Saba Saba Day marches, the National Commission on Human Rights reported.
• Security forces arrested 532 people and two protesters are reported forcibly disappeared following clashes in at least 20 counties.
• Police units deployed live ammunition, rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannons under Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen’s directive to shoot on sight anyone nearing stations.
• Monday’s rallies marked the 35th anniversary of the 1990 pro-democracy uprising and drew youth-led demands for economic relief, anti-corruption measures and political accountability.
• The National Commission on Human Rights and the UN human rights office have called for transparent, independent probes into the deaths, injuries and alleged abuses.