Kenya police use teargas to disperse June 25 anniversary protests

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Police attempted to disperse crowds with tear gas, while protesters waved the Kenyan flag on Wednesday morning (June 25).   Kenyans took to the streets under heavy security to mark the one-year anniversary of anti-government protests that culminated in the storming of parliament and several deaths as police fired on demonstrators.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Police attempted to disperse crowds with tear gas while protesters waved the Kenyan flag on

00:07Wednesday morning. Kenyans took to the streets under heavy security to mark the one-year

00:12anniversary of anti-government protests that culminated in the storming of parliament and

00:17several deaths as police fired on demonstrators.

00:30Although last year's protests eventually faded after President William Ruto withdrew, proposed

00:36tax hikes that had initially sparked the rallies, public anger over the use of force by security

00:42agencies has not abated, with fresh demonstrations erupting this month over the death of a blogger

00:47in police custody. Six people, including three police officers, were charged with murder on

00:53Tuesday over the killing of 31-year-old blogger and teacher Albert Oywang.

01:00Thank you very much.

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