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The coastal city’s calm has largely been credited to two days of dialogue between regional police commanders and protest organisers, including youth g...

They appeared before Senior Resident Magistrate Gladys Olimo on Wednesday, but the court was informed that no charge sheet had been filed.

Mombasa County Commissioner Mahmoud Noor condemned the violence and added that 15 people were arrested in connection with the chaos.

Unlike previous protests, the criminals posing as demonstrators were in rugged clothes and armed with machetes and crude weapons.

Human rights organisations have documented three deaths during the protests in Mombasa, two from gunshot wounds and one from teargas inhalation.

The interreligious leaders have called for dialogue to address the countrywide anti-Finance Bill protests.