NASA suspends Tuesday anti-IEBC demonstrations

Anti-IEBC demonstrations in Kisumu. (Photo: Courtesy)

The National Super Alliance (NASA) called off Tuesday demonstrations against the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to allow party leaders visit victims of police brutality.

In a press statement issued, NASA said the move was is a temporary step to enable the coalition to attend to supporters who were brutalised and families that lost loved ones after police allegedly descended on protesters and NASA leaders during Monday protests.

NASA directed all its supporters to stay off the streets on Tuesday and resume nationwide protests on Wednesday.

A joint report by Police Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch on Monday revealed that at least 50 people in Nairobi were killed by the police in who moved quell protests after the August 8 elections.

The report confirmed that police killed at least 33 people, possibly as many as 50, and injured hundreds more in some parts of Nairobi.

According to the human rights groups taken the nationwide death toll could be as high as 67.

NASA appealed to human rights organizations to take keen interest in the atrocities committed against its supporters across the country and provide necessary support to victims.