Police in Mombasa disperse NASA supporters holding anti-IEBC demos along Nkurumah road. [Photo/ nation.co.ke]

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Police have dispersed National Super Alliance (NASA) supporters in Mombasa who had turned up in their numbers for the anti-IEBC protests to push for the removal of a section of the commission’s officials accused of bungling the August 8 elections.

Police lobbed teargas to disperse the demonstrators who had converged at Uhuru Gardens along Moi Avenue and later gathered along Nkurumah road . Anti-riot police on patrol at Mombasa's Uhuru Gardens. [Photo/ nation.co.ke]The protesters who were led by Mombasa Deputy Governor William Kingi, Senator Mohammed Faki and Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir were forced to scamper for safety.Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir has criticised the police over the move, accusing them of disrupting peaceful demonstrations. 

Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir washes his face after police lob tear gas to disperse NASA demonstrators on Nkurumah Road in Mombasa. [Photo/ nation.co.ke]

This comes after Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i on Thursday banned NASA demos in Mombasa, Kisumu and Nairobi.

“The Government notifies the public that demonstrations shall not be allowed within the CBDs of Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu. The Inspector General of Police has been advised accordingly,” said Matiang’i.

NASA leaders have however vowed to defy the CS’s directive.