A journalist recounts a terrifying experience of violence and chaos in Homa Bay while covering a Linda Mwananchi rally on August 16.

• Journalists and their vehicles were attacked with stones and pangas by unidentified goon squads who had barricaded roads.
• Several journalists, including Fred Ooko and Brian Ongoro of AFP, were assaulted, with equipment stolen.
• Amidst the chaos, a vehicle was set ablaze, and the reporting team narrowly escaped by driving onto a rough road, later rescuing an injured man from the torched vehicle.