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Three shot as police battle angry Embu scheme dwellers

Police keep vigil at in Mashamba area at Mwea Settlement Scheme. [Joseph Muchiri, Standard]

At least three people were shot yesterday during a confrontation between resettlement scheme dwellers and anti-riot police.

The three were in a group trying to resist the settlement of the beneficiaries of the recently surveyed and subdivided 44,000-acre Mwea Settlement Scheme.

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