Youths in Kitengela and Kisii engaged police in running battles, overwhelming roadblocks and forcing businesses to close. Protesters used stones and bonfires while police deployed tear gas, with reports of officers using firearms for crowd dispersal.

• Thousands of youths participated, overpowering police lines.
• The protests disrupted essential services and school attendance for residents in affected areas.
• Similar protests paralyzed operations in Kisii, while Kisumu youth denounced the demonstrations, and Nairobi remained tense with a planned address by Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga’s allies.