The banner with message on Uhuru election victory was to be erected at Kisumu bus park.

Kisumu Bus Park was Wednesday thrown into disarray as residents resisted the erection of a billboard at the centre of the town.

The billboard with Jubilee Party victory message was burnt down by the irate protestors.

Police who were deployed to contain the chaos lobbed teargas canisters to disperse the protestors.

Teargas was lobbed at protestors along Kenyatta Avenue in Kisumu to disperse youths that barred a contractor from putting up a billboard. Photo: Denish Ochieng, Standard 

Kisumu, a stronghold of Opposition leader Raila Odinga, experienced riots on the days following announcement of Uhuru Kenyatta as the winner of the presidential election.

 

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A police officer masks his face with a handkerchief, as he patrols Jomo Kenyatta Avenue in Kisumu, to avoid inhaling teargas that had been thrown at protesters .  Photo: Denish Ochieng, Standard