Kenya protests turn violent as court, activists demand justice for victims of police brutality

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Kenya protests turn violent as court, activists demand justice for victims of police brutality  Despite a government warning that Wednesday would be a “normal working day,” thousands took to the streets, honoring the victims of past police crackdowns and voicing their frustration with corruption, rising living costs, and unaddressed human rights abuses.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/06/25/kenya-protests-turn-violent-as-court-activists-demand-justice-for-victims-of-police-brutal  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Two people were shot dead and several others injured on Wednesday as fresh protests erupted in Nairobi

00:05and across major Kenyan cities, marking the anniversary of last year's deadly anti-tax demonstrations

00:12that left over 60 people dead.

00:14In Nairobi, human rights activists led calls for justice for those killed last year.

00:19We are here to demand justice for our Mashujaz.

00:2164 Kenyans were killed last year in cold blood.

00:24Up to this point in time, not a single officer has been held to account.

00:27So we are here to demand justice.

00:30Justice in terms of compensation, justice in terms of arrest of those officers who are involved,

00:36justice in terms of police reforms, because too many Kenyans are losing their lives in the hands of the police.

00:41So we want justice for everyone so that we can move forward.

00:44Angry protesters, many of them young people, denounced what they described as

00:48President William Ruto's poor leadership and growing authoritarianism.

00:53We are seeing people of God are here because of this specific day.

01:02To say Ruto Hantam because of his governance is very bad, very terrible.

01:06People are being abducted.

01:07People are being killed.

01:09We just want to say we are fed up as a youth.

01:11The majority are the youth.

01:14The police are producing force and it's very bad as this race.

01:18We don't want him anymore.

01:20Protests have spread to Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru and Yahururu.

01:25Despite a government warning that Wednesday was a normal working day,

01:28thousands took to the street honoring victims of past police crackdowns

01:32and voicing their frustrations with corruption, rising living costs and unaddressed human rights abuses.

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