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Civil rights activist Boniface Mwangi and his wife Njeri were among 10 people arrested in Nairobi on Thursday after police blocked a demonstration by civil society.
Hundreds of demonstrators, among them Thirdway Alliance presidential aspirant Ekuru Aukot and activist Al-Amin Kimathi, had gathered at Freedom Corner in Uhuru Park to protest against mounting corruption scandals.
The most recent is the alleged misappropriation of more than Sh5 billion from the Ministry of Health.
The demonstrators, some in red T-shirts with messages calling for an end to corruption and the resignation of President Uhuru Kenyatta, had planned to march to State House to present a petition to the President.
They did not get far, however, as riot police dispersed them with thick clouds of teargas. Journalists were not spared, as some of them were beaten and their equipment damaged.
Earlier, Dr Aukot, a constitutional lawyer, called on the President to resign for failing to rein in corruption.
“We want to tell the President to resign as he has said there is nothing he can do about corruption,” said Dr Aukot.
Before the protest started, Mr Mwangi also called on the President to resign, saying he had failed fellow Kenyans.
“We are tired of corruption,” he said. “We are going to march to State House and present a petition to the President. He is our employee. We pay his salary and, if he cannot do his job, then he must resign.”
Activist Mwangi and his wife among 10 arrested after police
Hundreds of demonstrators, among them Thirdway Alliance presidential aspirant Ekuru Aukot and activist Al-Amin Kimathi, had gathered at Freedom Corner in Uhuru Park to protest against mounting corruption scandals.
The most recent is the alleged misappropriation of more than Sh5 billion from the Ministry of Health.
The demonstrators, some in red T-shirts with messages calling for an end to corruption and the resignation of President Uhuru Kenyatta, had planned to march to State House to present a petition to the President.
They did not get far, however, as riot police dispersed them with thick clouds of teargas. Journalists were not spared, as some of them were beaten and their equipment damaged.
Earlier, Dr Aukot, a constitutional lawyer, called on the President to resign for failing to rein in corruption.
“We want to tell the President to resign as he has said there is nothing he can do about corruption,” said Dr Aukot.
Before the protest started, Mr Mwangi also called on the President to resign, saying he had failed fellow Kenyans.
“We are tired of corruption,” he said. “We are going to march to State House and present a petition to the President. He is our employee. We pay his salary and, if he cannot do his job, then he must resign.”
Activist Mwangi and his wife among 10 arrested after police