7/7/2025–|Last update: 23:32 (Mecca time)
10 people were killed in demonstrations in Kenya to commemorate pro -democracy protests, Monday said a local human rights organization.
The Kenyan National Human Rights Committee announced in a statement that it “has counted the killing of 10 people, wounded 29, two kidnappings, and 37 arrests in 17 provinces” during protests “Saba Saba DayHistorical.
But the commission also indicated that there are “criminal gangs in possession of primitive weapons” in the protests, pointing out that “masked members of these gangs were seen working alongside the police officers” in the capital, Nairobi.
And “Saba Saba’s Day” (seven) is the anniversary of the uprising that demanded the return of partisan pluralism on July 7, 1990 after years of authoritarian rule during the era of President Daniel Arab Moy at the time.
From nearly afternoon, journalists at the French Press Agency reported that clashes occurred with the riot forces that fired tear gas at small gatherings, and some demonstrators threw stones at the elements with the looting.
A Reuters correspondent also said that the Kenyan police opened fire on a group of demonstrators in Nairobi on Monday, and a man after that was seen lying without mobility on the road and showing traces of blood.
Prior to the protests, the Kenyan police closed the main roads leading to the capital, Nairobi, and most of the shops remained closed, and the police prevented private and public vehicles from reaching the city center, and most pedestrians were prevented from entering the capital, and only allowed those who had necessary tasks to carry out.
The frustration caused by economic recession, corruption and police violence pushes Kenyan youth to participate again in the protest movements after last month, looting and violence, killing dozens and destroying thousands of companies.
Protesters accuse the authorities of financing armed men with the aim of sabotaging the moves, while the government says the demonstrations are similar to a “coup attempt.”