Kenyan Paralympics Team Protests at State House

Kenya's Paralympics team on Monday resolved to protest at State House after futile attempts to get their wages.

The team was earlier kicked out of a Nairobi hotel they were staying in due to unsettled bills. 

The government has failed to award them their dues despite having won 42 medals when they represented the country in Morocco for qualifiers to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. 

The team came home with 11 gold, 14 silver, and 17 bronze medals. 

This is the second attempt to make the government pay their allowances after a protest along Thika Superhighway on Thursday ended in chaos.

The team members had sat on the road thereby blocking the inbound section of the highway at Garden City. 

Travellers were left frustrated as no vehicle could access the Central Business District because the sportsmen and women completely blocked the road.

Police officers, who were deployed to clear the road due to the traffic snarl-up caused by the protests, were seen in a video manhandling the athletes to the extent of beating them up.

Kenyans condemned the government for what most people termed as mistreatment of the distinguished sportsmen and women.