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Give us our dues, protesting water enumerators tell Governor Mutua

Business in Machakos town was disrupted for several hours on Saturday evening when 500 youths contracted by the county government to carry out water mapping exercise protested over alleged delay in paying their wages.

The rowdy protesters, who chanted slogans against the county government blocked the Machakos-Nairobi highway near Kenyatta stadium with burning tires, causing a major traffic snarl-up.

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