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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 12 Oct 2017

    Kenya bans street protests amid election row http://bbc.in/2wPS49O pic.twitter.com/SdQCScTLtX

    5:52 AM - 12 Oct 2017
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    • David Beyan Jackson Yusuph ortega jacob CANCOU mamadi Condé Twanaorion O T amos Ice Илья Баранов AINEBYONA ROBERT
    20 replies 105 retweets 86 likes
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      2. Mashaa‏ @manyeki 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Misleading headline,demonstrations banned from the central business district due to looting & destruction of propertypic.twitter.com/vv7xSLBIAn

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Mashaa‏ @manyeki 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @manyeki @BBCAfrica

        pic.twitter.com/nKY0aaUWru

        0 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
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      2. TwoFiveSix‏ @Straightsouljah 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Indeed it's "Not Uganda" because no Ugandan will write this kind of English :) #KOT come take your jama 😀😀

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Cleomenes‏ @CynicalKenya 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @Straightsouljah @BBCAfrica

        No Ugandan has enough balls to demonstrate against the 102-year old Museveni

        2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      4. TwoFiveSix‏ @Straightsouljah 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @CynicalKenya @BBCAfrica

        Fail. Try again :)

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      1.  🇬🇭 🔥Love & laughter 😃 🇬🇭‏ @faroukand84 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Kenya 🇰🇪 don’t let Africa down! We count on you

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      1. sabatia pat‏ @SabatiaPat 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        those in power will always want it there way...usurping the law

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      1. iamnjerikirigo‏ @iamnjeri_kirigo 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Leave KENYA ALONE

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      1. Fiona Tumwine‏ @ATFiyona 13 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        This Kenyan shd leave Uganda out of it,we hav exactly the same problems Africa wide,highlighting Uganda's won't make Kenya's anyless obvious

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      1. BlueMoon‏ @B3y33man 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Hhahahahhah

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      1. Derrick Magezi‏ @MageziDerrick 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Kenyans with their self aggrandisation, they tend to despise all its neighbors.

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      1. ©OKWIRISAM254‏ @SamsonOkwiri 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        We will fight this battles till our wish is granted as our leader @RailaOdinga has said. He never mislead us since ever

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      1. Amuza Zakaria AZ‏ @amuzazakariaAZ 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        thats good because it keeps the city look busy for nothing..

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      1. Chris Chitere‏ @ChrisChitere 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @pjames870

        Just get it right, CBDs in Nairobi, Mombasa & Kisumu only, other streets demos to continue.

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      1. Capt okari K E‏ @OkariIan 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica @Alex_Ndalila

        I thought raila withdrew from elections

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      1. KENNEDY NGURE‏ @KENNEDYNGURE7 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        And that is why uganda/zimbambwe is still in the long live the king times....

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      1. Azminamurad‏ @Azminamurad2 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Omg

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      1. KENNEDY NGURE‏ @KENNEDYNGURE7 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        I THINK ITS JUST WHEN U FAIL ON SOMETHING IMPORTANT U GIVE WAY OTHERS TO TRY..IEBC FAILED NOW THEY WANT TO EXPERIMENT IF THEY CAN MAKE IT UP

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      1. Azminamurad‏ @Azminamurad2 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        OMG

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      1. Cleomenes‏ @CynicalKenya 12 Oct 2017
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        We'll meet those idiots on the streets tomorrow. No reforms, no elections

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