Maseme Machuka And Kipchumba Kemei
19 January 2008
Nairobi — 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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