Death Reported After Saba Saba Rally in Kisumu

Person died from a police gunshot wound in Kisumu on Friday following day-long Saba Saba Day protests in most parts of the lakeside city.

Two people are also nursing gunshot wounds at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH)  following the skirmishes.

JOOTRH Administrator Alex Ochieng says the fatal incident occurred in Obunga slums where the middle-aged man is said to have been shot by police.

Ochieng says out of the two admitted with gunshots, one was shot in the chest at Kondele area while another on the leg at the Chulaimbo area of Kisumu West sub-county.

Ochieng says the duo are in stable condition and are set for surgical operation at the facility’s theater.

He says four other people are admitted at the hospital having suffered injuries from blunt objects.