The frustrations that led to the protest were built from years of mass tourism and rent prices rising in large swathes of the city.

The death toll from Kenya’s anti-government protests on Monday has surged to 31, marking the highest single-day toll since the demonstrations began earlier this year, the state-funded human rights commission said Tuesday.

At least 31 people died and more than 500 were arrested in anti-government protests across Kenya on Monday, the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) said in a statement on Tuesday.

As calm returned to most parts of the country, the situation remained tense in northeastern Embu County.Businesses remained closed and roadblocks in place amid tentative calm after violent unrest in Nairobi and other parts of Kenya on Monday.