Kenya: Police tear-gas schoolchildren in playground demonstration

Kenya: Police tear-gas schoolchildren in playground demonstration

Kenyan police used tear-gas on schoolchildren who were demonstrating against the removal of their school’s playground on Monday (January 19). The students from Langata Road Primary School in Nairobi were in the front line of people pulling down a wall erected around the playground which has been acquired by a private developer – said to be a powerful politician – according to a Kenyan human rights activist.

Kenyan police used tear-gas on schoolchildren who were demonstrating against the removal of their school’s playground on Monday (January 19). The students from Langata Road Primary School in Nairobi were in the front line of people pulling down a wall erected around the playground which has been acquired by a private developer – said to be a powerful politician – according to a Kenyan human rights activist.

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