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Demos dilemma for hustlers as police brutality causes anguish, loss of lives

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A man being led away by anti-riot police after he was arrested during anti-government protests in Mathare, Nairobi, on July 19, 2023. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

Kenyans yet again find themselves between a rock and a hard place over the high cost of living as political rivalry between Kenya Kwanza and Azimio intensifies over anti-government protests.

Azimio's resolve to continue with protests on Wednesday, will leave the hustler either ducking bullets and teargas to push the government to lower the cost of living or cower under fear of exercising their democratic right over violent police crackdown on the opposition.

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