Kenya: County Rep Opens Fire as Chaos and Bribery Claims Mar Nyamache By-Election

26 October 2016

Tension ran high at Mochengo polling centre in Nyacheki after a member of Kisii County Assembly opened fire to disperse rowdy youths on Wednesday.

Bassi Bogetaorio County Rep Boniface Okenye shot in the air thrice after being attacked by ODM supporters over bribery claims, disrupting the by-election pitting Raila Odinga-led Orange Democratic Movement against President Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party.

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