Stone-throwing protesters clashed with police in Kenyan cities on Wednesday during a second round of demonstrations in less than a week, called by the main opposition leader against a raft of tax hikes.
Police officers fired teargas to disperse protesters inthe capital Nairobi, the port city of Mombasa and several other towns, according to Reuters reporters and footage aired on Kenyan television stations.
Kenya’s High Court ordered the suspension of implementation of the legislation pending a legal challenge, but the government has raised petrol prices anyway. Odinga finished runner-up in the last five presidential elections, including losing to Ruto last year. That prompted civic leaders to warn against a return to the ethnically-charged violence that has plagued Kenya in the past.
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