Police in west Kenya city disperse protest with tear gas - witness


  • World
  • Monday, 07 Jul 2014

KISUMU Kenya (Reuters) - Police shot volleys of tear gas at hundreds of protesting youths chanting slogans against President Uhuru Kenyatta in Kenya's western city of Kisumu on Monday, a Reuters witness said.

"Uhuru must go," groups of youths chanted in Kisumu, as well as shouting slogans in support of opposition leader Raila Odinga, who has called for a mass rally in the capital to demand dialogue with the government over a range of grievances.

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