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Kenyan police use water cannon to disperse protesters

Published: 23 May 2016 - 04:02 pm | Last Updated: 16 Nov 2021 - 11:57 am
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Supporters of Kenya's opposition Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) run away after riot police lobbed teargas canisters to disperse them during a protest at the premises hosting the headquarters of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to demand the disbandment of the electoral body ahead of next year's election in Nairobi, Kenya, May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

 

NAIROBI: Kenyan police used teargas and water cannon to disperse protesters on Monday after demonstrations against an electoral body the opposition wants scrapped resumed in the afternoon. 

Police fired teargas at a convoy of vehicles carrying opposition leaders and their supporters who accompanied it on foot. A water cannon truck later chased the cars in the convoy out of the main town centre, a Reuters witness said. 

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