Kenyan protesters in fresh clashes with police over tax hikes
Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital Nairobi, the port city of Mombasa and several other towns, according to Reuters reporters and footage aired on Kenyan television stations.
Police officers patrolling the expressway, who did not give their names, told Reuters they had shot dead two protesters as they sought to repel an advancing crowd. A police spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. "Young guys, they cry that there was a promise, Mr. President. You promised them that you are going to help them, but you didn't," Bernard Ochieng, a protester in Nairobi's informal Kibera settlements, told Reuters.
In remarks on Wednesday, Odinga lambasted the police response and cancelled a rally in Nairobi planned for the afternoon, alleging a plot to attack his supporters.
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