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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nimo Omer

Thursday briefing: How one controversial bill has Kenya on the brink of disorder

Protesters and Kenyan anti-riot police officers during anti-government protests in Nairobi on Tuesday.
Protesters and Kenyan anti-riot police officers during anti-government protests in Nairobi on Tuesday. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images

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Anti-government protests are expected to escalate in Kenya after a month of demonstrations that erupted again across the country on Tuesday calling for the president, William Ruto, to resign. In response to police hostility, protesters set fires, threw stones and chanted “Ruto must go” and “Stop killing us”. The demonstrations were met with police firing teargas and water cannon at those involved and the press. One man was shot dead and his body carried through the streets to a nearby police station.

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