Question to the Department for International Development:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment he has made the accuracy of reports of Kenyan authorities teargassing and attacking peaceful demonstrators in Nairobi on 19 June.

We are aware that a demonstration in central Nairobi was dispersed by police on 19th June in Nairobi using tear gas. We have not had reports of protesters being attacked.

We continue to support the Government of Kenya and civil society to improve police professionalism and accountability, such as through supporting independent police oversight institutions. In 2018 we assisted the Inspector General of Police to re-structure the National Police Service to make it more integrated, efficient and accountable.

The UK-Kenya partnership is documented in the Renewed Security Compact, signed during the Prime Minister’s visit to Kenya in August 2018.