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Police disperse pro-Bobi Wine protesters in Nairobi

Bobi Wine and Yoweri Museveni.

Police in Nairobi on January 22, 2021 dispersed pro-Bobi Wine supporters who planned a demonstration to demand Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s resignation. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

By  MERCY CHELANGAT

Police on Friday dispersed a crowd from Jeevanjee Gardens in Kenya's capital Nairobi, as it planned a demonstration to demand Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s resignation.

The officers, who had teargas, confiscated the group's placards before protest activities began.

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