Activists participate in anti-government protests dubbed "Saba Saba People's March", in downtown Nairobi, Kenya July 7, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan police on Tuesday fired teargas and arrested activists gathering for a march against perceived government injustice that has been given extra impetus this year by rights groups' allegations of police brutality during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Activists said protesters from several areas had planned to march from their homes to the centre of the capital Nairobi, but many were dispersed or arrested before reaching there. Samuel Kiriro said six of his colleagues from rights group the Ghetto Foundation in the Mathare slum had been detained.
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