(7 Jul 2025)
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Nairobi , Kenya – 7 July 2025
1. Various of police standing in road, protesters seen in background and smoke rising from fire set in road
2. Police vehicle arriving,
3. Police disembarking from vehicle UPSOUND gunshots
4. Various of police in street, fires burning
5. Pan of police in street, smoke in background
6. Various of police walking in streets
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Paul Muchiri, protester:
"The reason we are protesting is because the government, we are still trying to get this government so that they can listen to the people and nobody is listening, so that is why we are protesting. Extra judicial killing, you can see corruption in the government, and nobody is doing anything."
8. Wide of people by shop
9. Wide of protesters gathered outside building
10. Various of damaged shopfront
11. Wide of police and protesters UPSOUND gunshots
12. Wide of injured protester being carried by man
13. Various of business owners throwing items a hitting people who allegedly took things from their shops
14. Man pouring water on injured protester
15. Various of protesters carrying away guard rails
16. Various of protesters in streets
17. Various of protesters on truck
STORYLINE:
Police in Kenya clashed with demonstrators on Monday during the latest anti-government protests, killing 10 people, according to the state-funded human rights commission.
Authorities blocked major roads leading into the capital, Nairobi, and most businesses closed amid the strictest measures yet to contain the unrest.
Protesters lit bonfires and threw stones at police.
In Kitengela town in Nairobi’s outskirts, police fired tear gas to disperse protesters who had lit bonfires on the road that connects to neighbouring Tanzania.
Kenyan youth and others for weeks have been protesting police brutality and poor governance while demanding President William Ruto’s resignation over alleged corruption and the high cost of living.
July 7, known as Saba Saba, is a significant date in Kenya’s history, marking the first major protests 35 years ago that called on then-President Daniel arap Moi – Ruto’s mentor – for a transition from a one-party state to a multiparty democracy, which was realised in the 1992 elections.
Saba Saba is Swahili for Seven Seven.
Police officers on Monday stopped private and public vehicles from accessing Nairobi’s city centre.
They also blocked most pedestrians from entering the capital, only allowing those deemed to have essential duties.
Roads leading to parliament – stormed in a protest last year – and the president’s office were barricaded using razor wire.
Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said on Sunday that the government would not tolerate violent protests and police would be deployed to ensure public safety.
Last month, Murkomen told police to “shoot on sight” anyone who approaches police stations during protests after several had been burned.
Kenya’s latest wave of violent demonstrations was sparked by calls for police accountability following the death of a blogger in police custody last month.
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