We strongly condemn the horrifying use of live ammunition against unarmed students at Multimedia University. University campuses and dormitories should be sanctuaries of learning, not war zones where plainclothes police officers roam freely and fire at innocent youth.
Four students were shot and severely injured during recent demonstrations. These are our children, our siblings and the future of this country.
It is completely unacceptable that when Kenyans step out to exercise their constitutional right to protest, they are met with brutal, lethal force by the very security agencies meant to protect them.
Kenyan police have fired tear gas and used water cannon on Nanyuki protesters for a second week over a US-only Ebola quarantine facility at a nearby military base. Rights groups report at least one person killed as construction continues.
Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb reports.
2 Multimedia university comrades were killed by the police.
1 patriotic Kenyan was killed in Laikipia yesterday by the police.
Kenya is a police state.
This country will be like Sudan.
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1. No. of Kenyans killed in Nanyuki Ebola protests: 3
2. No. of Kenyans killed by Ebola: 0
3. No. of Americans killed by Ebola: 0
Ruto has now killed more Kenyans on Kenyan soil than Ebola has
Dear @USEmbassyKenya, are you happy that your Ebola facility is costing Kenyan lives?
MPs should explain why the probe into the unauthorized diversion of Ksh. 6.3 billion in eCitizen revenue to an Equity Bank account has stalled despite initial accountability demands following the Auditor General Nancy Gathungu's exposé.
Ksh. 6.3 billion is not child's play.
You should all listen to former CJ David Maraga addressing issues. Watch his interview today on Spice FM.
You listen to issues being addressed without the usual name-calling we are often treated to.
Ruto’s government is so desperate to impress foreigners that you can almost think they would sacrifice the whole country just to be told “good job” by mzungu.
Kufurahisha mzungu has become Ruto's full time job
❗️Anti‑US‑Ebola protests erupt again in Kenya
Kenya Human Rights Commission reports hooded police officers in unmarked cars attacked demonstrators demanding disclosure of US‑linked Ebola facility agreements and safety protocols
#PressStatement
By 4 pm today, police deployed in Nanyuki shot and killed one protester. Locals hit the streets demanding transparency about the US-backed Ebola facility and solid guarantees for the protection of the public health.
That brings the death toll linked to this facility and due to police fire to three. Last week, police extrajudicially killed two protesters. An autopsy showed one was shot straight in the chest, a single bullet causing massive bleeding.
Today, police shot the third victim in the head. No accident there. Police act with open impunity, following orders from their command and the regime that has made it clear that our lives mean nothing to them.
IPOA must move fast. The officers responsible must be held criminally liable for these killings. So should their command. No cover-ups.
Disturbing scenes from Laikipia. The arrests of individuals protesting the proposed Ebola treatment facility are troubling. Whether one agrees with the protest or not, the right to peaceful assembly and expression is protected by the Constitution.