# Police blocked roads and heavily deployed in the deserted streets of Kenya’s usually bustling capital Nairobi today to prevent gatherings to mark annual pro-democracy rallies. AFP reports running battles with a group of anti-riot police who fired teargas at a group of young men, with some of the crowd throwing rocks at officers. Many people appeared to be staying home rather than attend marches to commemorate 7 July 1990 when Kenyans rose up to demand a return to multi-party democracy after years of autocratic rule by then-president Daniel arap Moi.
Police block roads in Nairobi as country commemorates uprising of 7 July 1990