Traders report looting as protests continue in Kisii

Anti-government demos in Kisii turned chaotic Tuesday afternoon with protesters lighting up tyres across the town streets paralysing traffic.

Most traders, for fear of looting, closed their shops in haste.

Supermarkets also closed their doors as protests snowballed pulling hundreds in the streets.

Some shops were reported looted of computers.

The Star was, however, trying to locate the shops by press time

There were sporadic clashes between the police and the protesters around the Kisii Hospital roundabout as the demos spilt over from street to street.

There was looting at Daraja Mbili market where some traders lost their wares to goons masquerading as protesters.

At the Mashauri area, the junctions between Kisii-Keroka and Kisii-Kilgoris highways, some female traders had their ware looted.

One trader had her bread and drinks looted by protesting goons.