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Police clash with protesters who almost stormed Coast State House

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Youth demonstrate against the Finance Bill 2024 in Mombasa County on June 25, 2024. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Hundreds of protestors nearly overpowered the General Service Unit (GSU) officers to gain access to the State House, Mombasa.

The GSU officers guarding the facility had to shoot in the air and lob teargas to disperse the protestors who charged towards the gates of State House from both sides of the road.

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