A handful of Grade 6 pupils attend class at Moi Avenue Primary School on Day two of anti-government protests. [Samson wire Standard]

There was relative calmness and little activity in the Country on Thursday morning as anti-government protests entered Day two.

Most roads in major towns remained isolated and businesses remain closed.

An isolated classroom at Moi Avenue Primary School on July 20, 2023. [Samson wire Standard]

In Moi Avenue Primary, a school located in Nairobi city, parents reportedly feared to take their children to school and only a handful of students reported.

The same was witnessed in Kisumu County where a number of day schools remained closed.

Victoria Primary School in Kisumu remains closed on July 20 2023. [Clinton Ambujo, Standard]

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki and his Education counterpart Ezekiel Machogu had directed all schools to reopen on Thursday saying security had been assessed in the three major cities.

In Homa Bay town, a section of youth blocked the roads with stones ahead of the protests.

A section of youth block roads in Homa Bay town in preperation of demonstrations on July 20, 2023. [James Omoro, Standard]

Kisumu city generally remained calm with little activity on the roads.

Little activity in Kisumu city on the second day of anti-government protests on July 20, 2023. [Clinton Ambujo, Standard]
A lone protestor, Chrispine Owara, takes to the street on the second day of anti government demonstrations. [Clinton Ambujo, Standard]

The protests have been called by Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga who among other demands wants the Kenya Kwanza government to lower the cost of living.