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Businesses suffer as police block access to Nairobi CBD

Police place a roadblock in Upper Hill, Nairobi, on July 7, 2025. [David Gichuru, Standard]

The heart of Nairobi City, on Monday, stood unnaturally still with empty streets-storefronts shuttered and all business premises remained closed in anticipation of planned protests.

The chirping of birds, humming of air conditioners in buildings that were intermittently interrupted by roaring of police vehicles patrolling was the order in the Kenya's capital as it remained a ghost town.

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