On November 3, 2016, Kenyan authorities led a “violent clampdown” on peaceful, anti-corruption protestors in Nairobi, Kenya. Around 200 Kenyan protesters gathered to speak out against alleged corruption within the country’s Ministry of Health, which was recently accused of misusing public funds. Demonstrators called upon the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, to resign or take action in response to the allegations. Kenyatta is slated to run on an anti-corruption ticket in the August 2017 presidential elections. A week after the protests, UN human rights experts issued a statement of concern about the authorities’ excessive use of force against demonstrators and journalists trying to cover the event. They stressed that international law enshrines citizens with the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, and stated that Kenya needs to foster a “culture of dialogue.” The experts advised the country to develop “an environment where opinions could be expressed peacefully” in order to  prevent a repeat of the the violence that followed the presidential election of 2007.