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Thousands of Kenyans took part in opposition-led demonstrations Monday to protest the government of President William Ruto over skyrocketing prices for basic goods and other economic woes, the Associated Press reported.

Police arrested dozens of people, including at least three lawmakers, in the capital Nairobi. Police fired tear gas at demonstrators, while protesters hurled rocks at officers.

Opposition leader Raila Odinga said he called for the demonstrations to protest the rising cost of living: Kenyans are grappling with soaring costs for basic necessities, a depreciating local currency and a historic drought that has left millions hungry.

Odinga and other opposition leaders added that the protests are also aimed at last year’s “stolen” presidential elections, Agence France-Presse wrote, a poll which Odinga lost to Ruto and which Odinga has called fraudulent.

Kenya’s Supreme Court upheld the election results, saying there was no evidence backing up Odinga’s accusations.

Ruto, meanwhile, countered that he would not be intimidated by the opposition-led protests and called on Odinga to act in a “legal and constitutional manner.”