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Demonstrators assemble outside the Holy Family Basilica with their placards and twigs where they were addressed by religious leaders before marching to Parliament Way. The peaceful demonstration was broken up by the police. (Picture by PAUL WAWERU)

Pandemonium: Gathered demonstrators scatter from police tear gas outside the Holy Family Basilica. (Picture by JOSEPH MATHENGE)

The message is loud and clear: An elderly woman with a placard as church leaders and politicians were preparing to march to the Parliament Buildings in a protest march. (Picture by JOSEPH MATHENGE)

Policemen on horseback block demonstrators who attempted to interrupt the Budget Speech. (Picture by JOSEPH MATHENGE)

A palm tree on Moi Avenue is engufled by flames after the demonstration turned violent. Property was destroyed, shops looted and a number of people injured.

Police fire a volley of tear gas canisters into the crowd along Kenyatta avenue. (Picture by JOSEPH MATHENGE)

Catholic nuns with scarfs to ward off the effects of teargas assemble outside the Holy Family Basilica to join other Kenyans in the pro-democracy demonstrations in Nairobi yesterday. (Picture by JOSEPH MATHENGE)

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