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Kisumu’s criminal enterprise

Since youths in Kisumu often cause havoc by blocking roads with stones and burning tyres while demanding money from motorists, a "concerned resident" wonders why people claim the "Mungiki problem" is only restricted to Central and Nairobi provinces.

"On Monday Kisumu was a no-go zone as they blocked the road between the town centre and Kondele Estate, shouting ‘Haki yetu (our right)!’" he says.

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