The main opposition group in Kenya says it’s taking a break from cost-of-living protests this week, and will instead hold public vigils in honour of people killed in previous demonstrations.
The Azimio coalition claims there have been at least 50 deaths so far, with hundreds of wounded people taken to hospitals.
It accuses police of engaging in excessive force and brutality against civilians, some of whom it says were nowhere near the protest scenes.
The interior minister has defended the police’s use of force, saying they had found themselves in “highly dangerous situations”. The state also accuses Azimio of exaggerating the number of dead.
A police oversight body says they’ve begun investigations into the latest reports of atrocities, but told the BBC their capacity to conduct investigations was limited as they only had 250 officers spread across the country.
Source: BBC
