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Quite7:03Kenyan protesters say ‘ready to do what is necessary’
Sophie Mugure Njehia took Nairobi streets on Wednesday, no one had to die.
Njehia is among the thousands of people who demonstrated throughout Kenya on Wednesday A year ago a massive protest against a government.
“I thought I was in my way, because today he would be a peaceful day, because it said,” Njehia “, because last year I remembered the deaths last year Quite Host Nile KӧKSAL.
“But today has just become a protest because the police could not allow us only.”
As last year, on Wednesday protests saw young protesters fight against young protesters across the country. The number of deaths is not yet clear, but amnesty groups are reportedly killed by 19 people in the amnesty Kenya, and 16 people were killed by police.
Kenyan police spokesman Muchiri Nyaga, refused to comment on the deadlines.
Amnesty Kenya Executive Director Irela Houghton reuters reported that the global rights were approved by Watchdog and Kenya National Commission for Human Rights (KNCHR). According to him, at least five people were shot dead.
Earlier, the government’s funded KNCHR, all the “arms wounds were reported to be eight deaths.
Watchdog said that there are more than 400 losses and the placement of a heavy police and “excessive use, including extreme ammunition and water cannons, resulting ammunition and water balls, resulting ammunition and water balls.”
Njehia, who bent his face with a toothpaste to neutralize the effects of tear gas, he said he saw the gas with the protesters, rubber bullets, live ammunition and water balls.
“I saw a young group of young people who wanted to make their future shiny and needed to ensure the proper management of our nation,” he said, “said Njehia, 29 members of the protest group.
“On the other hand, I saw a fear of his country’s young people. I saw a government that did not want to listen to young people. I saw a government wanting to kill me.”
Last year, Last year, as a rural against the proposed tax increase, is already in a poor population, because it was exposed to a large movement, residential and state violence against corruption.
And this move, Njehia says that he is a youth management.
“Our biggest motivation is our hope, we have a lack of access, not working, our potential is low in drainage,” he said.
Average age in Kenya 19and about and approximately 40 percent of the population lives in povertyAccording to government figures.
“We are ready to risk very risk, because this government has proved that they are not afraid to kill us,” he said. “If they do not kill us physically, they kill our hope and kill our dreams.”
After a week of last year’s protests, Kenya President William Ruto decreased in a week withdrew the proposed tax increase.
However, public anger, only in June 2024, collisions against the dead, other deaths and unexplained missing.
“We are fighting for the rights of those who have our youth and Kenyans and the dead since June 25,” he said in Lumumba Harmony, Nairobi.
Protester Derrick Mwangi said that Kenya’s youth “said.”
“People are abducted, people are killed,” he said. “Police began to use the force that is very bad in this proportion.”
The 31-year-old blogger and dead 31-year-old blogger and the dead 31-year-old Blogger, who died in the police surveillance recently, gathered in the name of Albert Ojwang.
Six people were accused of Tuesday, including three police officers. All admitted that it was not guilty.
“From June 11, we did not go to the street on Monday, they covered this death,” said Njehia. “So nothing has changed in Kenya.”
On Wednesday, Ruto called the protesters to “destroy” the country.
“There is no other country to go wrong to go wrong. We are our responsibility to keep our country safe.”
Kenya’s communications organization ordered the local media to stop broadcasting the demonstration.
Kenyan channels NTV and KTN were temporarily removed from the air to prevent the order, but after thinking that a court was contrary to the constitution.
“This proves that the government is doing something wrong and therefore do not want the masses to see what they do.” Said Njehia.
He called the International Association to support the protesters.
“Things are not better. In fact, things get worse. And we need help.”
“Those in the international justice system should come and help us, or we all die.”
With files from Reuters and related press. Reported with Sophie Mugure Njehia produced by Cassie Argao