Scores of people were yesterday injured during demonstrations against the construction of a multi billion dam project In Tongaren in Kimilili. The demonstrators invaded a meeting organised by area MP Eseli Simiyu, who has been accused of supporting the project. A confrontation ensued when youths allied to Simiyu repulsed the demonstrators. Efforts by police to quell the violence were futile as the two rival groups over powered them. Samuel Kimwela, a former councillor, is among those admitted at the Mt Elgon Hospital in Kitale...
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