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Kenya Barricades Parliament on Anniversary of Deadly Protest
Kenyan security forces blocked roads leading to parliament and the president's office in the capital as thousands of protesters gathered in the city center to mark the first anniversary of anti-government demonstrations in which dozens of people died.
Most businesses remained shut on Wednesday morning as police in riot gear backed by water cannons stood guard on key streets in Nairobi. Demonstrators in the western cities of Kisii and Nakuru chanted anti-government slogans, while marchers in the port city of Mombasa lit candles to commemorate the death of more than 60 people in last year's protests, when police used live bullets to disperse crowds.
