The government has deployed GSU officers and banned public rallies in Bungoma town. This comes after after a businessman was hacked to death and several others injured in three separate attacks by armed gangsters. In the latest attacks, businessman Timothy Nyongesa was killed in the town prompting residents to demonstrate and march to the Bungoma South police headquarters yesterday. Leaflets had earlier been distributed to residents of Mashambani and Wings estates in Bungoma town saying they will be "visited at night". Local chiefs notified police of the impending attacks but little was done...
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