NASA asks supporters to avoid engaging cops

NASA co-chairmen James Orengo and Johnstone Muthama look at one of the cartilages displayed by Kibra MP Ken Okoth addressing the press on the on-going killings by the police. This was at Okoa Kenya offices in Lavington, Nairobi. ON 12/08/2017(Jenipher Wachie)

Opposition leaders have appealed to their supporters to avoid confrontations with security forces, saying the ongoing standoff is likely to lead to more deaths.

The National Super Alliance (NASA) leaders said several of its supporters had been killed in Kisumu, Siaya, Homa Bay, Migori and parts of Nairobi and called for an end to skirmishes between them and the police.