Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition party will hold demonstrations every Monday, party leader Raila Odinga has said.
Speaking in Eastleigh, the former prime minister said the protests will take place until the cost living is lowered.
The ODM leader also wants the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) servers opened as well as the recruitment process of commissioners stopped.
Raila is flanked by Narc Kenya leader Martha Karua, Wiper’s Kalonzo Musyoka and Eugene Wamalwa of DAP-K, among others.
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Raila also called for the immediate release of lawmakers arrested earlier on in the day.
Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi, Malindi’s Amina Mnyazi and Kilifi Senator Stewart Madzayo are among those being held by the police.
At the time of going to press, officers engaged protesters in running battles along Juja Road.
The protesters were supposed to assemble at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) and later proceed to the State House.
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These areas have been cordoned off since morning.
It is unclear where the former prime minister is headed. He was expected to lead supporters to State House.
A number of people are said to have been injured with one sustaining a gunshot wound in Kibra.
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