June 25 (UPI) -- Television stations were forced off air as thousands flooded the streets in Kenya across the African nation to demand President William Ruto's resignation a year after mass protests over a controversial tax bill left dozens dead after citizens stormed the Kenyan parliament.
"Many of us are being killed with no reason," 24-year-old security guard Don Cliff Ochieng told The New York Times Wednesday, saying he was in Nairobi due to police brutality and lack of economic opportunity as banks, business and schools are closed due to fear of violence and major roads closed leading into Kenya's capital city.
Unconfirmed reports by multiple news outlets indicated at least two people were shot dead Tuesday and Wednesday during protests in Mattu, about 65 miles from the Kenya's capitol Nairobi where at least 50 protesters reportedly were injured as nationwide protests erupted to mark the first anniversary of last year's deadly demonstrations.
"It is our right to demonstrate," added Ochieng.
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