One person was shot dead and another injured during protests in Nyandarua town on Saturday evening.
The residents were protesting the issuance of Jubilee Certificate to incumbent Wanjiku Muhia who
had allegedly
lost to Faith Gitau during Women Rep nominations.
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The protests started at Fry-Over area in Kinangop before spreading to other major towns in the county among them Engineer, Miharati, Ol-Kalou, Maili Nne and Ndaragwa.
Anti-riot police were forced to fire in the air to disperse the residents who accused the Judiciary of overturning the will of the people.
Several other people were reported to have sustained minor injuries as they engaged police in running battles in Kinangop.
The deceased died while undergoing treatment at Kijabe Mission Hospital where the other person is also admitted.
Demonstrators demanding justice./ELIUD WAITHAKA
The protestors took issue with the Jubilee Party’s National Election Board which they claimed had conducted shoddy nomination process.
The High court in Nairobi ruled on Friday that Wanjiku had won the nomination exercise fairly and directed the Jubilee Party to issue her with a certificate.
Earlier on, the Party had declared Gitau the winner having polled 106,098 votes against Wanjiku’s 70,765 votes.