Kisumu officer’s property burnt in riots after MCA goes missing

Youths lit bonfire along Nyahera - Kiboswa road on September 30 2016. They also broke into the compound belonging to Kisumu county Chief Officer of economic planning and fund administrator of the ward development fund George Akongo Anyonga in Kisumu West ward who is believed to behind the Kidnapping of the area MCA Paul Okiri who went missing. PIC BY COLLINS ODUOR

A senior Kisumu County Government official lost property worth millions of shillings yesterday when villagers invaded his home after accusing him of having links with the disappearance of an MCA.

The villagers stormed Economic Panning Chief Officer George Anyonga’s home in West Kisumu, on the outskirts of the town, burnt his brand new Range Rover Sports Utility Vehicle, a saloon car and a pick up truck as they demanded to know the whereabouts of area MCA Paul Okwiri (pictured below), who is reported to have been kidnapped on Thursday night.