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Kegonga residents protest death of teacher allegedly shot by police

Kegonga residents in Kuria East sub-County on December 26, 2023, demonstrated and blocked the road in protest of the alleged killing of a teacher by police on the night of Christmas. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]

Residents of Kegonga town in Kuria East Sub-County have protested the death of a primary school teacher who was allegedly shot by police officers in plain uniform on Christmas night.

The angry residents blocked the Kegonga-Kehancha road using boulders and lit bone fires as they threatened to attack Kuria East Police Station.

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