Businesses remained closed and roadblocks in place amid tentative calm after violent unrest in Nairobi and other parts of Kenya on Monday. In Embu, to the northeast of the capital, protesters gathered once more on Tuesday after a lawmaker was arrested, says DW's Andrew Wasike.

"Angry residents have lit bonfires and barricaded roads with stones, paralysing traffic in parts of the town," Wasike says. The protesters are accusing government of political persecution and demanding the release of lawmaker Gitonga Mukunji.

The authorities reportedly accused the lawmaker of inciting citizens to protest on the 35th anniversary of the pro-democracy Saba Saba uprising.

Meanwhile, in the central city of Kiambu on Tuesday, the case of a girl killed by a stray bullet during the Saba Saba Day unrest was fueling public anger.

"Protesters took to the streets by the hundreds to call for justice for the family of the 12-year-old," Wasike says.

According to police, over 560 people were arrested in the Saba Saba Day unrest where protesters called on President William........

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