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Governor Chepkwony’s bloggers assaulted, nursing serious body injuries

Governor Paul Chepkwony during a past press conference. [Photo: Standard]

Two bloggers associated with Kericho Governor Paul Chepkwony are nursing serious body injuries after they were assaulted by hired goons.

Emmanuel Kiptoo and Kiprotich Chepkwony said they were at Saptet hotel at 10:30PM on Saturday night when the hirelings numbering 18 pounced and bundled them into separate Probox vehicles and sped to secluded places in Ainamoi constituency where they were beaten up using steel water pipe rods and their phones smashed.

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