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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 17 May 2016

    #StopPoliceBrutality trends in Kenya amid reports protester filmed being beaten has died http://bbc.in/1TUWmjw pic.twitter.com/tbqtpksqW8

    3:40 AM - 17 May 2016
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      2. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 17 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        .@CapitalFMKenya, which earlier reported death of protester filmed being beaten by police, says he is in fact alivehttp://bbc.in/24XiJwN 

        2 replies 24 retweets 7 likes
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      2. Kampala News‏ @newskampala 17 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Kenyan police have learned bad manners from their Ugandan counterparts

        2 replies 3 retweets 10 likes
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      1. Dan Wandera Ogalo‏ @DanOgalo 17 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        And Kenya says Africa should quit ICC with this kind of impunity?

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      1. Sieusis lex‏ @AlexMutho 17 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

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      1. wallan Shattah‏ @WysChizi 17 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @POTUS barak obama supported the murderers regime in kenya,n even got them off the hook from the hague..this is the result.

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      1. Constantine Furnsinn‏ @Chocfudgemoon 17 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Viva Brutal Stalinist Draconian Measures Viva..... Cry the beloved African citizens, who have the Rawest Deal on the planet....

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      2. #kihara‏ @nguyaikihara 17 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        and this is what you never show the worldpic.twitter.com/3B1YFWOFcb

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aineah Adiema‏ @Ademax24 17 May 2016
        Replying to @nguyaikihara @BBCAfrica

        having a stone is not a big deal. He was already subdued. The best option would have been to arrest him

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
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      1. Oliver Tambo‏ @OliverTambo 17 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @justinejulesr @ajokech @Johntugume Kenya system is becoming a mess!

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      1. Manogo  🇰🇪‏ @MosesManogo 17 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        failed state indeed, government with laws and this happens

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      1. kiongos kiongozi‏ @kiongoskiongozi 17 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @Obeezy_JK Kenya gvmnt must embrace dialoge n cultivate a culture where diverse opinions are accepted #StopPoliceBarbarism

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      2. Eric Kogi‏ @erickogi 17 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        the protester who propagandists reported dead is alive,so you better correct your earlier report

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      3. Damian Zane‏ @dized 17 May 2016
        Replying to @erickogi

        Thank you, we're doing that now

        0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
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      2. Robert Kiambati‏ @KiambatiRobert 17 May 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        #LetPoliceDealWithThugs That's the thug that died they beat motorists in NRB that's the consequencepic.twitter.com/KQU8eIqZrj

        2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
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      1. Monique Okumu‏ @MoniqueOkumu 9 Sep 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @myquebala marungu kuruka

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      1. Monique Okumu‏ @MoniqueOkumu 9 Sep 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @myquebala io yote ni teke

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