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Id 5,628,184
Latitude -1.05
Longitude 37.08333
Country Kenya
Geo Name Id
Description Police have dispersed over 5000 traders who took to the street to protest hiking of county levies and brought business to a standstill in Thika town. The protesters accused the Kiambu County Government of increasing the county levies by over 100 % and demanded that Governor William Gitau Kabogo leave office. Following the demonstration the trader found their shops had been looted. It is not clear if there is a connection between the demonstration and the robbery.
Start Date 01-Jan-14
End Date
Precision 1.0
Geo Name
ADM 1 Name Kiambu
ADM 1 Id
ADM 2 Name Thika Town
ADM 2 Id
ADM 3 Name Kamenu
Notes
Armed Conflict 4281KEN - Riots/Protests