In Vihiga on Saturday morning, irate boda boda operators set ablaze a 14-seater matatu on the Kisumu-Busia highway after it reportedly ran over and instantly killed a motorbike rider. The incident escalated into a highway barricade and an attack on a responding Vihiga County Government fire engine, which subsequently overturned.

• One motorbike rider died instantly after being struck by the matatu near Luanda market.
• The boda boda operators also attacked a Vihiga County Government fire engine, forcing it to retreat before it overturned.
• Residents looted a trailer carrying soda bottles at the scene, while a similar incident occurred in Nairobi on Monday, September 1, where a Super Metro minibus was torched after hitting a boda rider.