One person has been shot in the middle of protests led by Kenya’s main opposition party. The BBC's FerdyOmondi reports that traders are screaming that he is a mechanic, not a protester. They say it's a police officer who fired at him.
Kenya Airways says safety of employees and customers are its priority Kenya Airways has announced the closure of its booking offices in the western city of Kisumu and South Africa's Johannesburg on Monday due to planned anti-government protests in both countries."The safety and wellbeing of our employees and customers are our highest priority,” KQ’s statement says.
The move does not affect the operations of other booking offices within the airports of the mentioned cities. Kenya’s protests have been called by veteran opposition Raila Odinga in a fight against the government of President William Ruto, which he says is illegitimate. He is also agitating for solutions to the high cost of living, among other demands.
In South Africa, opposition leader Julius Malema, of the Economic Freedom Fighters , is mobilising a national shutdown, to push for the resignation of President Cyril Ramaphosa and demand an improvement on the southern African nation's energy crisis.President Ramaphosa has deployed over 3,000 soldiers across South Africa to help police maintain law and order in the country during the protests, local media reported.
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