Roundup: 5 shot dead, several injured in anti-government protests in Kenya

NAIROBI, July 19 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were shot dead, several others injured and scores arrested Wednesday in Kenya as police battled opposition protesters who engaged in street protests over the rising cost of living.

The three-day protests, called by the opposition Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition Party leader Raila Odinga, started Wednesday and paralyzed normal business in Nairobi, the capital