Kenyan police Monday tear-gassed schoolchildren demonstrating against the removal of their school’s playground, which has been allegedly grabbed by a powerful politician, said a Kenyan human rights activist.
The students from Langata Road Primary School were in the front line of people pulling down a wall erected around the playground which has been acquired by a private developer said to be a powerful politician, said Boniface Mwangi. Primary school children in Kenya are usually between six and 13 years of age.
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Schoolchildren from the Lang’ata road primary on January 19, 2015 in Nairobi face police as theyprotest after breaking a wall illegally erected around their playground. (Photo: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty)
