One killed, one injured as police condemn political violence
One person killed in Kisumu as rival groups clash; one person injured and six suspects arrested after chaos erupted at rally in Nyahururu, NPS says...
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Political violence has erupted in Kisumu City and Nyahururu Town, resulting in a fatality, injuries, and property destruction, prompting condemnation from the National Police Service (NPS).
- One person was killed and nine motorcycles burned in Kisumu City following clashes between rival groups.
- Police arrested eight suspects in Kisumu and six suspects in Nyahururu, where a rally was disrupted by stone-throwing.
- The NPS strongly condemned the violence as acts of "political intolerance and goonism" and warned that no one is above the law.
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