Permission denied, police tell Raila's Azimio coalition on demos
Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei addresses the media on planned anti-government protests by opposition leader Raila Odinga's Azimio coalition, on April 30, 2023.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga's Azimio coalition has been denied permission to hold anti-government protests in Nairobi from May 2, with police boss Adamson Bungei saying the protests in March were "nothing but peaceful".
In declining to grant Azimio the permission, Mr Bungei told a press briefing on Sunday morning that, "Previous demonstrations were marred with violence as the demonstrators, who were armed with machetes, attacked innocent members of the public who were going [about] their business ..."
