A church and mosque were set ablaze in Kibra on Monday night after the anti-government demonstrations.
This came after the fight between two rivals spiraled in the aftermath of protests mobilized by opposition leader Raila Odinga across the country.
In addition, the fighting went on for hours in the slum leading to criticism on social media where leaders and other Kenyans implored authorities to intervene.
“Just like in Northlands, the police are ignoring calls to intervene in Kibra where outsiders wielding pangas have been mobilized to attack locals. They have set a Church ablaze in an attempt to set residents against each other. We urge our people to exercise utmost restraint,” said ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna.
Monday, March 27 was the second day of mass anti-government protests against the high cost of living and a victory Odinga claims was stolen from him in 2022 polls.
“What is happening is extremely wrong, religious sites must be left out of this,” a resident of Kibra said.
Nevertheless, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja reported that the county’s fire engines managed to put out the fire before it could spread to residential houses.
— Sakaja Arthur Johnson (@SakajaJohnson) March 27, 2023
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“After a brief initial repulsion, three trucks managed to get to the scene and the fire has been contained from spreading further to households,” Sakaja tweeted.
Moreover, the Monday protests were characterized by chaos, especially in Kisumu county where at least one person was shot dead during a game of cat and mouse between police and locals who had been barred from marching to town.
Likewise, a property owned by retired President Uhuru Kenyatta’s family in Northlands suffered massive loss and destruction after animals were destroyed, trees cut down and others set ablaze.
Similarly, Raila Odinga’s East Africa Spectre Limited, a gas company was also attacked and destroyed when armed goons pelted it with stones.
