Three journalists have been attacked during a botched chang’aa den raid in Matungulu, Machakos county.
The trio, all correspondents of local FM radio and TV stations had reportedly accompanied a local provincial administrator to the scene when they were attacked at Ngomeni village in Tala location, Matungulu subcounty on Monday morning.
They included Mike Ndunda of Kamba TV, Richard Muasya (Athiani FM) and Kamba TV’s Boniface Mutisya.
The journalists said they were in the company of area chief Francis Mulinge and his assistants alongside community policing members when they were attacked by a gang opposed to the raid.
The three who all sustained injuries were rushed to Ruai Hospital, Tala branch for medical attention.
Ndunda sustained serious injuries.
“We are here at Ruai Hospital in Tala, Ndunda was seriously injured. Mutisya and I also sustained injuries,” Muasya told the Star on the phone.
Some of the scribes' colleagues and family members went to the hospital to check on their conditions and ensure they got the best treatment possible that they required.
Arrangements to transfer Ndunda to another hospital were underway by press time.
It isn’t clear why the journalists’ attackers reigned on them while on their line of duty.
Matungulu subcounty police Commander Peter Omondi told the Star he was yet to get information on the attacks.
Omondi, however, promised to follow up on the matter and ensure that culprits were apprehended and dealt with as per the law.
“I am not aware of the incident. Let me follow it up,” Omondi told the Star on the phone.
The incident happened after the area chief and his team returned to the scene for the second time to clear the illicit brewers after they raided and confiscated apparatus days back.
They hadn’t been accompanied by journalists during the first raid.
