Police block roads before planned protests in Kenya

The police block the big roads to the capital of Kenya, and most businesses remain closed before the planned anti -government protests.

On Monday, police officers stopped accessing private and public vehicles to the city center in Nairobi.

They also prevented most publications from entering capital, but only through those thought to have basic tasks.

On July 7, the Kenyians planned demonstrations to protest the police atrocities, bad governance and demand the resignation of President William Ruto for corruption and high life costs.

July 7 is an important date in the recent history of Kenya, and 35 years ago, he marked the first major protests in the 1992 elections to call from a single -party state to a more party democracy.

Public Service Minister Geoffrey Ruku called on all government employees to report to work on Monday and insisted that demonstrations would not break public services.

Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen said on Sunday, the government will not tolerate violent protests and will be deployed to ensure public security of the police, he said.

The roads to the Parliament of the country and the Presidential Office were barricade using razor wires.

At the foot of the city in the town of Kitengella, the police fired tear gas on Monday to distribute protesters who burned festival festivals on the road connected to neighboring Tanzania.

The country recently experienced a violent wave of demonstrations from a blogger’s death in police custody calls for accountability.

During the protests on June 17, a civilian police officers were shot at a close distance, he angered the people even more and made plans for additional demonstrations.

On June 25, at least 16 people were killed during the protests against the savagery of the police, and more than 400 people were injured, which coincided with a one -year anniversary of anti -tax protests, where more than 60 people lost their lives.