Police Use Teargas to Dispence Crowds in Several Cities
Category: Unrest
Severity: 3 (Moderate)
Source: Drum Cussac
10/13/2017 (Kenya) - According to national media reports on Friday, 13 October, police used teargas to disperse protesters in the country's three main cities after the government banned demonstrations in the central business districts of the capital Nairobi, the coastal city of Mombasa and the western city of Kisumu. It follows a standoff between the government and opposition leaders over a planned repeat of the election scheduled for 26 October after the Supreme Court nullified the result of an August poll in which incumbent President Uhuru Kenyatta beat veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga, citing irregularities.
Travellers should exercise a heightened level of situational awareness in Kenya at this time due to the elevated tensions around the election rerun. Travellers should monitor local media sources to remain apprised of any planned or spontaneous demonstrations in their particular area of operations. All demonstrations and political gatherings should be avoided due to the risk of exposure to potential crowd disturbances and incidental violence as well as security forces crowd dispersal operations.
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