Transport has been paralysed along the Nairobi -Mombasa Highway after demonstrators barricaded it at Mlolongo, Machakos County. Motorists were forced to avoid the road after the anti-government demos erupted in Mlolongo town on Tuesday. The rioters who thronged the town in groups blocked the highway at the footbridge near the Olympic filling station within Mlolongo town and lit tyres on it as they protested. The situation completely paralysed transport in the usually busy highway as the protestors engaged police officers in running battles. Businesses within Mlolongo town have since remained closed after those that were operating before the melee erupted hastily shut down for fear of looting and destruction of property by the demonstrators.

Source: The Star July 02, 2024 09:45 UTC