Mary Biketi, Director of the Biketi Foundation, addresses journalists at Kitale Police Headquarters after recording her statement. [Martin Ndiema]
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Chaos erupted at the Kitale Museum on Friday afternoon as a modelling competition, the brainchild of Mary Biketi, was violently disrupted by over 50 armed youths. The unexpected intrusion brought the event, poised to showcase young local talent, to a screeching halt.
The incident unfolded moments after Biketi, the driving force behind the Mary Biketi Foundation, had taken her seat, just before the young aspiring models were set to grace the stage. According to eyewitness accounts, the attackers, believed to have originated from a nearby informal settlement on the outskirts of Kitale town, stormed the venue with aggressive demands for money directed at Biketi.
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