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The Kenya Railways Corporation has suspended all its commuter train operations in the capital, Nairobi, ahead of today’s anti-government protests called by opposition leader Raila Odinga.
In a statement on Sunday, the Kenya Railways management attributed the decision to unavoidable circumstances.
However, the train operator said all its commuter trains between the old railway stations in the city center, Nairobi Central Station to the Nairobi-Mombasa railway station would run as scheduled.
The opposition coalition is holding protests in Nairobi and other parts of the country to push for electoral reforms and reduction of prices of basic commodities.
On Sunday, the police chief banned the protests, but the opposition has maintained that the protests will be held within the law.
Meanwhile, Kenya’s interior ministry is proposing changes to security laws that will make it more difficult for people to hold protests.
