Peace in the Midst of Protests (June 2016)

This has been a very interesting month as there has been such a political uproar in the last few weeks. The elections for the new president of Kenya do not start until next year, but already the opposition is starting to have violent protests. These protests are happening in hopes to get a new electoral commission since they are claiming there is corruption. However, if it were just a simple protest that would be okay, but instead these rallies have led to muggings, looting and burning of buses, causing the police to act out in deadly force. These protests are occurring every Monday, and thus making it impossible to go to town safely.

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