Police had announced that the airport would be out of bounds for politicians and their supporters.
A video seen by Pulselive.co.ke showed thousands of rowdy youth marching towards the gates of the highly secured Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
The crowd has separated into separate groups with some seeking to use the main entrance along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway while a separate group marched on towards a secondary gate along the Eastern bypass.
Police lobbed teargas at the separate crowds but the youths appeared undeterred as they were still approaching the secure zone, by the time of publishing this article.
Here is the video: