Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) was largely deserted as traders take caution ahead of planned anti-government protests.
Most businesses were closed Thursday morning and only few opened doors as traders take no chances.
The last one week has seen massive looting of the business enterprises after criminals infiltrated what was earlier a peaceful tax protests by young Kenyans.
Most roads were clear in CBD with uniformed and uniformed police patrolling major streets.
There was however a visible scale down in the deployment of security officers compared to the recent protests.
Public Service Vehicles were largely operational despite palpable tension.
City Hall road was for the first time out of bounds for motorists with pedestrians subjected to thorough screening before allowing access.
Unlike in the last two weeks, Parliament road was opened for motorists indicating near return to normalcy
Source: theStars .co.ke
Original writer: [email protected] (LUKE AWICH)