Broken windows and lootings: Nairobi businesses deal with protest aftermath

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Broken windows and lootings: Nairobi businesses deal with protest aftermath  Violent protests in Kenya on Monday left at least ten dead and injured several dozen people. Many businesses in the capital, the epicentre of the clashes, are reeling from the aftermath.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/07/08/broken-windows-and-lootings-nairobi-businesses-deal-with-protest-aftermath  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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00:00Broken windows, looted products and empty shops.

00:06Business owners in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, are counting their losses

00:10after Monday's violent protests against the government and corruption.

00:14The demonstrations left at least 10 dead, according to the state-funded Human Rights Commission.

00:20Some goons, because they are not Gen Z protesters, they are goons.

00:30They invaded our shop, and by the way, we have lost so many things.

00:34We lost cash, phones, a lot of them, amounting to very huge amounts.

00:40We have lost our laptops, our printers, our machines.

00:44Even the shop is damaged beyond repair.

00:48Even the shop is damaged beyond repair.

00:53Kenyan youth, mainly issued from Gen Z, have been protesting the government for weeks,

00:58with the initial phase of the movement starting in August last year.

01:03Most of the violent clashes have taken place in the capital.

01:09We found that the entrance was broken into,

01:14then they hid the window glass, trying to go through the windows, but did not manage it.

01:19So they came back to the entrance and got in, looting all the electronics,

01:24all the microwaves, TVs, dispensers, and causing massive damages down the aisles.

01:30Not only shops have fallen victim to looting during the protests.

01:38Banks and two hospitals in Nairobi and a nearby town were also vandalized on Monday,

01:43according to witnesses and officials.

01:49In the north.

01:50In this point, it's a very old town.

01:51In the north.

01:52In this picture, there are no armies in the building that's a lot of dirt,

01:54and theormuş buildings are going to walk through with the doors.

01:55I'm not here to tell you guys.

01:56We found this town at this time,

01:57and we did the entrance,

01:58that we have to take place.

01:59In this picture, there is no empty car.

02:00It's a small town here.

02:01In this picture, there is a restaurant,

02:02we have to take place,

02:04and he had to take place for a living where you can.

02:05That's not a restaurant.

02:06We need to take place,

02:07so we are going to have a restaurant.

02:09Some of the restaurants.

02:10That's not a restaurant.

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