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Angry residents protest after bus touts hurl passenger in river over Sh10 fare in Eldoret

Eldoret, Kenya: Angry residents blocked the Eldoret-Kapsabet road for the better part of Saturday morning to protest over an incident where a matatu conduct heaved a passenger into Sosiani River for failing to pay demanded bus fare.

Two bus conductors alleged to be working for the Langas Twenty Matatu Sacco allegedly hurled Moses Ananda into the river for failing to add Sh10 to the agreed fare from the expansive Langas slums to Eldoret town.

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