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Workers injured, lorries torched as groups clash over sand harvesting

Members of the public view one of the five lorries and a shovel that were torched. [PHOTO: ANTHONY GITONGA/STANDARD]

By ANTONY GITONGA                                  

NAIVASHA, KENYA: The fight over the control of the lucrative sand business in Mai Mahiu Naivasha turned nasty after a group of youths torched three trucks and a shovel machine all worth over Sh50m.

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