Anti-government protesters in Kenya's capital clashed with a newly formed pro-government group on Tuesday.

Hundreds of people swarmed and burned a motorcycle belonging to those who supported the country's president.

The military made a rare deployment as the protests focused on the main airport.

Weeks of turmoil in East Africa's economic hub have resulted in dozens of deaths, the dismissal of most Cabinet members, and calls for President William Ruto's resignation.

Protests began when Kenyans rejected a proposed bill to impose more taxes, as millions in the country are struggling with rising prices.

The pro-government movement has emerged to counter the youth-led anti-government protests.

In Nairobi on Tuesday, the pro-government group took to the streets ahead of the latest anti-government demonstration.

One protester, Charles Onyango, questioned why police were not confronting the pro-government demonstrators but were dispersing those calling for change.

'Police are just standing by and letting these [suspected] hired goons disrupt our protests and cause chaos,' Onyango said.

Kenya's main airport was meant to be the site of the latest protest, and anti-government demonstrators lit bonfires in a suburb along the highway leading to it.

Airport officials asked travelers to arrive early, and flights continued.

Police hurled tear-gas canisters at hundreds of protesters who blocked another road leading to the airport, and the military was deployed to the Pipeline area east of the capital.

Protests were also reported in Kenya's second-largest city, the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa, as well as the city of Kisumu on Lake Victoria and Migori.

Kenya's anti-government protests are in their fifth week.

Under pressure, Ruto declined to sign the bill imposing new taxes and dismissed almost all Cabinet ministers, but protesters continue to call for his resignation.

At least 50 people have died and 413 others have been injured in the protests since June 18, according to the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights.

The political opposition is demanding that families of those killed be compensated and that charges against those arrested during protests be dropped.

Police have stopped disclosing the number of arrests made during the protests.

Rights groups, opposition figures, and family members have expressed concern about alleged abductions by officers.

Last week, police banned protests in Nairobi, citing the movement's lack of clear leadership to coordinate with authorities to ensure safety and security.

However, the high court issued an order suspending the ban on protests.

Kenya's constitution guarantees the right to peaceful protest.

Still, the acting police head, Douglas Kanja, on Tuesday asserted that Kenya's main airport was a 'protected area' and 'out of bounds to unauthorized persons.

' Police in Kenya—hundreds of them newly deployed in Haiti to lead a United Nations-based multinational force to curb deadly gang violence—have long been accused by activists and civil society groups of violence toward demonstrators.

Opposition leader Raila Odinga, who earlier called for talks to calm the unrest, denied allegations that he had been bribed to join Ruto in forming a broad-based government and expressed his support for protesters.