Violence, street fires as Muthurwa-Marikiti traders clash with police over arrest of officials

Demonstration can be interesting when you are demonstrating as a group but it’s also ugly when you are arrested as an individual as it was the case during hawkers demonstration at Muthurwa where these two were arrested in protests on Thursday demanding the release of their chairman. [Photo: Beverlyne Musili, Standard]

Traders at Wakulima and Marikiti markets battled with anti-riot police, as they protested City Hall askaris’ arrest of their six colleagues.

The traders demanded the release of the colleagues they said were the latest victims of arbitrary arrests by City Hall officers, who they claimed had been demanding bribes.