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How UDA action snuffed the life out of demos in the grassroots

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Plainclothes police officers patrol Mathare slums, Nairobi, during Azimio la Umoja demonstrations on July 19, 2023. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

The first day of the three-day anti-government protests called by Azimio la Umoja last Wednesday seems to have rattled the Kenya Kwanza administration.

In Nairobi, Kisumu, Kisii, Migori and Nakuru, the protests turned ugly as protesters clashed with police, resulting in deaths, destruction of property and looting.

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