🇰🇪Kenya 🚫Bans Street ✊Protests Amid 🗳Election Row
Kenya's government has banned demonstrations in three major Kenyan cities - the capital Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu. Interior Minister Fred Matiang'i said the ban was aimed at protecting Kenyans and their property. Opposition supporters have been holding regular protests in the three cities, which have resulted in looting and violent clashes with police.
They are pushing for electoral changes before a fresh election is held. Opposition leader Raila Odinga pulled out of the 26 October poll earlier this week.
The Supreme Court had annulled President Uhuru Kenyatta's win in the August election, after it found that the election commission had not followed the constitution and the electoral laws. Mr Matiang'i said the ban was not meant to curtail the constitutional right to demonstrate but that it was agreed on after security authorities found that there was "imminent danger".
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