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| Police tear-gas Kenyatta protest | Police tear-gas Kenyatta protest |
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| Police in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of opposition supporters who were about to hold a demonstration. | Police in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of opposition supporters who were about to hold a demonstration. |
| Some 500 opposition supporters, including 20 MPs, were protesting about a government decision to recognise a breakaway faction of the Kanu party. | Some 500 opposition supporters, including 20 MPs, were protesting about a government decision to recognise a breakaway faction of the Kanu party. |
| The rally, which was to be held in Uhuru Park, was in support of ousted Kanu leader Uhuru Kenyatta. | The rally, which was to be held in Uhuru Park, was in support of ousted Kanu leader Uhuru Kenyatta. |
| The police said they were not notified of the protest and so it was illegal. | The police said they were not notified of the protest and so it was illegal. |
| Last week's decision by the registrar of societies means Mr Kenyatta, son of Kenya's founding president, Jomo Kenyatta, is no longer the official leader of the opposition. | Last week's decision by the registrar of societies means Mr Kenyatta, son of Kenya's founding president, Jomo Kenyatta, is no longer the official leader of the opposition. |
| What has happened today is a travesty of justice Uhuru Kenyatta | |
| Instead, Nicholas Biwott, a former key ally of ex-President Daniel arap Moi takes that position. | Instead, Nicholas Biwott, a former key ally of ex-President Daniel arap Moi takes that position. |
| Kanu split over whether to join a popular opposition political alliance, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), which is set to compete in presidential elections due next year. | |
| Kanu was in power for almost 40 years after independence in 1963 before Mr Kenyatta lost to President Mwai Kibaki in 2002. | Kanu was in power for almost 40 years after independence in 1963 before Mr Kenyatta lost to President Mwai Kibaki in 2002. |
| "What has happened today is a travesty of justice and we shall not relent until we, the bonafide officials of Kanu, are recognised," Mr Kenyatta told a press conference in parliament. | "What has happened today is a travesty of justice and we shall not relent until we, the bonafide officials of Kanu, are recognised," Mr Kenyatta told a press conference in parliament. |
| "It wants to manipulate and appoint opposition leaders so that there is no criticism from anybody." | "It wants to manipulate and appoint opposition leaders so that there is no criticism from anybody." |
| But government spokesman Alfred Mutua said the demonstration should never have taken place. | |
| "Internal problems should be sorted out in political party boardrooms and not in the street or through intimidation," Associated Press news agency quoted him as saying. |