Nairobi - Kenyan police have fired tear gas to break up
protests over electoral reforms ahead of general elections next year.
Associated Press journalists saw police beating some
protesters who had gathered outsides the offices of Kenya's electoral
commission in the capital Nairobi on Monday.
The protests are led by opposition leader Raila Odinga,
who lost the most recent election in 2013 to President Uhuru Kenyatta.
Paul Wanjama, police chief for central police station in
Nairobi, said they detained at least 15 demonstrators who will be charged on Tuesday.
He did not say what charges they face.
Odinga says polls in 2017 cannot be free and fair if the
current election commission remains in place and calls for the commissioners to
be removed from office.
