Police runs out of tear gas as Anti-IEBC Protests kicks off.

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A section of Kisumu County residents who came out in large numbers to protest against IEBC wanting some of its officers to go before the next polls this October 26.Police ran out of tear gas which forced them to retreat to their stations-Photo By Dickson Odhiambo.


By Dickson Odhiambo.

October 2, 2017.

Police in Kisumu runs out of tear gas as Anti-IEBC Protests kicks off.

POLICE in Kisumu were forced to retreat to their stations after they allegedly ran out of tear gas to lob on anti-IEBC protesters who thronged the various streets in Kisumu wanting the Commission’s Chief Executive Officer Ezra Chiloba to go home ahead of this month’s repeat Presidential Polls.

The officers were seen retreating to Kondele and Kisumu Central Police station after the tear gas they were using allegedly ran out of stock from their vehicles.

This scenario made a section of protesters to start pelting the ant-Riot police officers with stones using slings thereby forcing the officers to scamper for their safety while heading back to their various stations.

Anti-Riot police officers who were manning the roundabout near Kisumu boys High School were forced to retreat to Kisumu Central Police station as protesters pelted their vehicle with stones but did not cause any damage to the vehicle.

This has happened as police engaged the protesters in a running battle lasting several hours while throwing tear gas canisters at the protesters and firing some live bullets in the air.

The protestors begun their anti-IEBC demo in Kondele area where they allegedly overpowered the police and managed to come up to the City center.

Police were forced to us live bullets which they fired severally in the air to repulse the big crowd estimated to be more than 3,000.

Police later got more tear gas from the police stations and went back to the streets where they managed to contain the crowd and repulsed them from the city center to the outskirts of the city.

Various Political Leaders from Kisumu County have condemned what they termed as use of excessive force by the police to quell the anti-IEBC protests.

Kisumu Deputy Governor Dr. Mathews Owili led the leaders in condemning the action of police which has used live bullets to scare away the Anti-IEBC protestors.

Kisumu county Senator Fred Outa has said that they have just begun the anti-IEBC demos and will hold another one this Friday so as to force the commission’s CEO out of office.

Outa said they will not relent until their demands are met and the said IEBC officers are out of the office ahead of this October 26 repeat Presidential polls.


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