Kenya: The Love Protest Turns Activists Into Undertakers

Nairobi — An estimated 200 demonstrators held up traffic along the streets of Nairobi on Thursday afternoon. The Love Protest, the event may have been called, though many of its participants were bearing coffins.

A call "to Kenyans to reflect on their personal responsibility in building a better country" was the modus operandi described in a statement released by organizers, the civil society lobby group Kenya Ni Kwetu. They also indicated a need for "protesting the culture of impunity by our MPs".

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