Kenya loses Sh3 billion daily from protests, KEPSA says

A broken windscreen of a police vehicle as captured in Syokimau. [Samson Wire, Standard]

Just today, vandalism and destruction of property were reported in Mlolongo and Syokimau areas of Nairobi.

Motorists using the Expressway were stranded at the Mlolongo exit after rowdy youths vandalised a section of the road. Later on Wednesday afternoon, The Standard reported that a Quickmart supermarket in the same area was vandalized, and its windows broken as protesters pelted stones.

Demonstrators also lit bonfires and burnt tires, barricading roads in Kisumu and Nyamira towns, as several businesses remained shut.

Transport was also paralysed in several parts of the country including Nyeri, Kakamega, Nairobi, Migori, and Kisumu as matatu operators downed their tools over the directive by the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) to re-test drivers.

"Businesses provide goods and services to individuals from all backgrounds, regardless of their political affiliations, and must be protected from any political machinations. By considerable measure, they are also a barometer of our economic stability, and their closure is an affront to Kenya's national economic aspirations," KEPSA said.