{"id":58411,"date":"2024-06-27T06:04:18","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T06:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/06\/27\/police-mount-security-checks-amid-planned-demonstration-targeting-state-house\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T06:04:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T06:04:18","slug":"police-mount-security-checks-amid-planned-demonstration-targeting-state-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/police-mount-security-checks-amid-planned-demonstration-targeting-state-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Mount Security Checks Amid Planned Demonstration Targeting State House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, June 27<\/strong> \u2013 Police have mounted security checks on all roads leading to State House following reports of a planned demonstration targeting the seat of power.<\/p>\n<p>A spot check by Capital FM on Thursday morning shows restricted access for vehicles into Arboretum Drive, State House Road, and Dennis Pritt Road, where anti-riot police are turning away motorists, boda bodas, and pedestrians.<\/p>\n<p>In the Central Business District, anti-riot police are strategically stationed in trucks and patrol vehicles at key junctions. There is minimal business activity as most shops remain closed, and there is little traffic in town.<\/p>\n<p>This follows plans by youths to hold demonstrations despite President William Ruto\u2019s decision to send the contentious Finance Bill back to Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Last night, a meeting of more than 100,000 participants was held on X-spaces, focusing mostly on the state of the country\u2019s economy and governance.<\/p>\n<p>Security measures have also been enhanced in other major towns like Mombasa, Kisumu, Nakuru, Migori, Nyeri among others.<\/p>\n<p>Tusday\u2019s protests targeting Parliament in Nairobi turned violent, leaving to killings of more than 20 people.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, June 27 \u2013 Police have mounted security checks on all roads leading to State House following reports of a planned demonstration targeting the seat of power. A spot check by Capital FM on Thursday morning shows restricted access for vehicles into Arboretum Drive, State House Road, and Dennis Pritt Road, where anti-riot police [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}