Security in Nyeri County Beefed up as Armed Officers Patrol Public Participation Centers
Security in Nyeri County Beefed up as Deputy President Rigathi’s Public Participation impeachment enters its second day after the National Assembly extended the period allowed for the constitutional right.
In Images circulating online, security officers could be seen patrolling public participation centres in Nyeri ahead of the commencement of the exercise.
This comes a day after protests erupted in most centres within the county, prompting the exercise to be suspended temporarily.
The residents took to the streets of Nyeri Town to demonstrate the decision by most parliamentarians to back the impeachment motion.
The residents also protested the decision to have the exercise conducted manually with the residents calling for it to be done digitally.
During yesterday’s protests, the residents barricaded the main road leading to Nyeri Town, forcing police officers to intervene. “No Rigathi, no Ruto. Don’t try to touch the mountain. We are strongly behind Gachagua,” the residents were heard shouting.
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