Friday, December 12, 2014

Donkeys brought in to protest in Kenya business district


Kenya witnessed a novel form of protest when a herd of donkeys was dumped in Nairobi's central business district. It was an apparent political protest and each of the animals had the word "tumechoka" spray-painted on it. The word in Swahili means "we're fed up".
The donkeys had been brought in a lorry which was seen depositing the herd in the center of the Kenyan capital – the lorry driver said he had paid to drop them off. As the animals were being unloaded, one of the activists was heard shouting "we are tired of this leadership."
The protest is believed to be against rising insecurity in the country. The slogan "tumechoka" was used in a street protest against a bus attack in November last by the al-Shabab militants in Kenya.
The bus attack in the northern Mandera region had left 28 people dead and the gunmen singled out non-Muslim passengers. Earlier, in In September 2013, militants had attacked Nairobi's Westgate shopping center, in a protracted siege during which at least 67 people were killed.

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