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LOCAL NEWS


Distruction of the weekend chaos

BY: Kemeli Kimei
DATE: Monday, July 05, 2004


Caption: Trouble started when these men; Katiba watch leader politician Martin Shikuku and a group opposition politicians defied police order not to attend the planned rally at Uhuru Park Nairobi over the weekend

Normalcy returned to the streets of Nairobi and Kisumu Sunday as traders started counting their losses following Saturday riots that broke out after police sealed Uhuru Park, the venue of the abortive public rally called by Katiba watch and another pro-katiba watch youth demonstration in the lakeside city.


Anti-riot police were deployed to monitor the situation in the city. Saturday's left several buildings damaged with rioters looting several stores in the city center.


Police engaged rowdy crowds which included university students in day-long running battles.

In Kisumu city there was a trail of distruction that was witnessed Sunday after Pro-Katiba watch youths demonstrated in the lakeside city setting ablaze property in the city.

major streets of the cities were calm with little activities in the otherwise busy urban centre following the chaos over the weekend.




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