UN chief urges restraint in Kenya amid protests
Wednesday June 26 2024
A crowd of youthful protestors mob a police car during demonstrations on the streets of Nairobi on June 20, 2024.PHOTO | Nation Media Group
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged restraint in Kenya by police and security forces and called for protesters to be peaceful, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday (June 25).
"It is very important that the rights of people to demonstrate peacefully be upheld," Dujarric said.
Police fired on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya's legislature on Tuesday and at least five protesters were shot dead, with sections of the parliament building set ablaze as lawmakers inside passed a bill to raise taxes.