By SHABAN MAKOKHAMore by this AuthorAn attempt by police to disperse traders from the Mumias open air market ended tragically on Tuesday, with the death of a man reportedly hit by an exploding tear gas canister. TRADERS' ACCOUNTMr Marthias Lumumba, a hawker at the market said police officers ambushed the traders and started beating them mercilessly. "A GAME"Another trader, Mr Zacharia Juma, claimed some officers broke into laughter when they saw Mr Mukolwe struggling. I rushed to Mumias and found her in hospital in the company of police officers,” Ms Makale said. Ms Imelda Poyi, the nurse-in-charge at the Monica Ward at St Mary’s Mission Hospital in Mumias said Ms Muhatia was admitted with two gunshot wounds.

Source: Daily Nation April 07, 2020 17:48 UTC