The residents questioned the motive of the group whose attendants said they were at a prayer meeting. PRAYER MEETING“How can they tell us that it’s a prayer meeting when you see them wielding clubs and pangas. There was a police land cruiser parked between the protesting youth and those said to be holding a prayer meeting. Police started shooting to disperse the crowd and it is not clear at which point the man who has been identified as Simon Mbegi was shot. The purported prayer meeting was being held inside a closed off tent.

Source: Daily Nation October 22, 2017 22:30 UTC