STORY By MWINGI TIMES CORRESPONDENT
ON Sunday, antiriot police battled irate residents of Kavaini trading centre in Mwingi following the killing of an elderly trader and dumping of her body along the busy Thika-Garissa highway.
The protesters blocked the road for three hours using stones, boulders and logs of trees interrupting traffic flow.
When police arrived, they lobbed tear gas canisters and shot in the air to disperse the gathering crowds of agitators.
Speaking to the press, the protestors said that police took too long to collect the body of the trader and they had not arrested anyone in connection with the killing. Residents said that she was killed on Saturday night and her body dumped near the road.
The protestors dispersed in the evening, dejected that their voices were not heard by authorities.
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