Protesters turned out in Nairobi on Monday (July 7) despite a heavy police presence and roadblocks in the city centre. Crowds gathered in defiance of a security clampdown aimed at stopping anti-government demonstrations.

The protests coincided with the anniversary of the 1990 'Saba Saba' rally, a landmark demonstration that helped push Kenya toward multiparty democracy.

Kenyan police opened fire on a charging crowd of protesters, a Reuters reporter said, with one man subsequently seen lying motionless on the road with a visible bloodied wound.

Throughout the morning, anti-riot police patrolled the streets, deploying tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators, while heavily armed officers stood guard near armoured vehicles.

Streets were strewn with stones and spent tear gas canisters as protesters regrouped in various parts of the city. Despite the crackdown, protesters have continued to face off with police under a sustained and heavy security presence.

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NAIROBI, KENYA (JULY 7, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. POLICE IN ANTI-RIOT GEAR CHASING PROTESTER / PROTESTER CAUGHT BY POLICE / POLICE IN ANTI-RIOT GEAR WHIPPING PROTESTER / PROTESTER FLEES

2. POLICE IN ANTI-RIOT GEAR RUNNING

3. VARIOUS OF TEAR GAS SMOKE / PROTESTERS RUNNING AWAY / MOTORBIKE DRIVING PAST

4. (SOUNDBITE) (Swahili) PROTESTER, ZABLON LUSENO, SAYING:

"This is our country, if we destroy it, all of us will be affected. Police officers should not think that if the country is destroyed they will be safe. They will also be affected together with their families."

5. POLICE WATER CANNON SPRAYING WATER ON IRON SHEET ROADSIDE STRUCTURES

6. POLICE OFFICERS IN ANTI-RIOT GEAR

7. (SOUNDBITE) (Swahili) PROTESTER, FATMA LUYUNDI, SAYING:

"Going back home is not going to help us yet, our children are being abducted and killed. Parents are looking for their children but they cannot locate them."

8. PROTESTERS RUNNING AWAY FROM TEAR GAS SMOKE

9. POLICE IN ANTI-RIOT GEAR STANDING NEXT TO POLICE VEHICLES

10. TEAR GAS SMOKE

11. (SOUNDBITE) (Swahili) PROTESTER, FRANCIS KIRUA, SAYING:

"We will camp here until dusk, the most important thing is that we protest and protest peacefully."

12. POLICE WATER CANNON SPRAYING WATER ON PROTESTERS / PROTESTER THROWING STONES ON WATER CANNON TRUCK

13. POLICE IN ANTI-RIOT GEAR FIRING TEAR GAS CANISTER

14. TEAR GAS SMOKE / TEAR GAS CANISTER EXPLODING

15. POLICE VEHICLE DRIVING THROUGH STREET / STONES ON ROAD

16. POLICE OFFICERS IN ANTI-RIOT GEAR

17. PROTESTERS ON STREET / STONES ON STREET