Wildlife statues were placed on one of Nairobi’s streets
We’ve been monitoring online sources for coverage of anti-government protests in Kenya which were called for today on the anniversary of protests which ended with the storming of parliament last year.
Given the government had shut down TV stations, social media has been a primary source of information.
Today there were calls to storm the statehouse, the official residence of the president. Using two videos posted online, we managed to confirm that protesters got to within less than 1km, external (0.5 miles) of the statehouse building.
Police had put up barricades using razor wires to block roads leading the the parliament building and statehouse which we confirmed through video posted on social media.
At the main public park, at least three wildlife statues were moved and placed on the main road adjacent to the park which we also confirmed using verified footage.
