Police have fired tear gas to clear pockets of anti-government demonstrators from the centre of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, as their protest movement sought to capitalise on earlier concessions and compel President William Ruto to resign. The “Nane Nane” march, meaning “eight eight” in reference to the date on Thursday, follows weeks of similar pro-reform protests that saw Ruto scrap planned tax hikes and overhaul his cabinet.

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