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Five dead in Narok after violent
protest
Published on January 19, 2008, 12:00 am
EA STANDARD
By Maseme Machuka and Kipchumba Kemei
Five people were killed and many others injured as violence rocked
Narok town.
More than 20 people including Narok North MP’s daughter, Lydia
Ntimama, were injured in the second day of the fracas. The
demonstrators had responded to a call by ODM to hold three days of
mass action to protest at the outcome of the presidential election.
The town, that connects western Kenya and Nairobi, was a war zone
as police engaged Maasai protesters, armed with machetes, bows and
arrows, in running battles.
Narok North District Commissioner, Mr Andrew Rukaria, said the
four were killed in the violence. The police were, however,
overpowered by youths chanting anti-Government slogans.
At the district hospital, doctors and nurses had a hectic time
attending to the injured as their relatives jammed the facility to
inquire about their relatives.
Narok North MP, Mr William ole Ntimama, blamed the police for
using excessive force on the demonstrators.
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