Three killed in Kenya protests over tax increase
The Hindu
The number of people killed in protests in Kenya rose to three on July 8, after opposition leader Raila Odinga urged Kenyans to take to the streets against tax hikes
The number of people killed in protests in Kenya rose to three on July 8, a hospital official and two police officers told AFP, after opposition leader Raila Odinga urged Kenyans to take to the streets against tax hikes.
Police on Friday fired tear gas in the capital Nairobi, targeting Odinga’s convoy, and took similar steps against demonstrations in the cities of Mombasa and Kisumu.
“We had another death at the casualty now bringing the number of deaths to two as a result of demonstrations yesterday,” said George Rae, CEO of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga hospital in Kisumu, an opposition stronghold on Lake Victoria.
Two police officers speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity said a third man died in hospital in southwestern Migori county.
“It has been confirmed that the man taken to hospital with a gunshot wound in the head passed on,” one of the officers said by phone.
Another police officer confirmed the toll, saying “two fatalities were in Kisumu and one in Migori.”
On Saturday, police used tear gas on civil society representatives, including former chief justice Willy Mutunga, who were demanding the release of dozens of people taken into custody during the protests, campaigners said.
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