Kenya: Protests Over Killing By Police in Kisii

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Kenya: Protests Over Killing By Police in Kisii

[Nation] Work in Kisii town was disrupted for most of yesterday when hundreds of young men and women staged marches demanding justice following the death of one of their own at the hands of police.

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