Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula on Saturday demanded acting Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i to explain why some of the anti-riot police officers deployed to the county had dreadlocks.
While addressing mourners on Saturday at Madisi village in Kabuchai constituency during the burial of Mzee Francis Wafula, the uncle of Bungoma woman representative Catherine Wambilianga, the National Super Alliance (NASA) Leader accused the police of using live bullets on innocent residents.
"We are calling upon acting Interior CS Fred Matiang'i and Bungoma county commissioner Joshua Chepchieng to tell residents where the deadlocked cops with funny hairstyles, who dispersed protesters on Friday, came from.
"Members of the outlawed Mungiki sect may have been taken to the county to kill protesters," he stated.
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On Friday, the Bungoma Senator led protests in his county condemning the shooting of a man during protests after the election.
The man, only identified as Barasa, was shot dead on Friday morning in Bungoma town during a confrontation between rioting youth and police.
The shooting occurred at Muteremuko estate in the town during running battles as police officers dispersed the group that had blocked Bungoma-Mumias road.
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On Saturday, Vihiga Deputy OCS and two other police officers were injured after a group of rowdy youth staged demonstrations in Vihiga County.
The officers were beaten up after their colleagues who were deployed to help contain the protests mistook them for demonstrators.
Vihiga County Referral Hospital Medical Superintendent, Dr Emmanuel Ayodi, stated that the three officers were treated for minor injuries and discharged.
The demonstrations started after youth claimed that there were marked ballot papers in a vehicle belonging to a local businessman who owns a supermarket in Majengo Town.
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