A police officer died Thursday of injuries sustained during a Kenyan opposition rally that was marred by clashes between protesters and law enforcement officials, police said Friday.
Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga has called for bi-weekly protests against the government – every Monday and Thursday – accusing President William Ruto of “stealing” the August presidential election, of being “illegitimate” and of being unable to curb soaring prices.
according to a statement by Japhet Koome, the police chief, on the third day of these rallies banned by the police, in Kisumu, in western Kenya, the stronghold of Raila Odinga, a police officer “died of injuries sustained in the line of duty,”.
Koome said 20 police officers were “seriously injured while repelling violent protesters,” pointing to “hooligans posing as protesters who invaded private property.