Maandamano Wednesday: Kisii police tracking machete-wielding gang attacking protesters

Police in Kisii County are on the hunt for a machete-wielding gang that was reportedly attacking youth partaking in anti-government demonstrations in the region on Wednesday.

Eyewitnesses say that the gang members were marauding in two white Toyota Probox vehicles and a black RAV4.

"We were demonstrating because of the high cost of living and then suddenly those crooks descended upon us. They were armed with machetes and arrows," an area resident told Citizen Digital.

Following attacks by the marauding gang, several youth are nursing serious injuries in various medical facilities within Kisii.

The development comes as police continue to engage rioters who lit bonfires in different parts of the county in protest of the Kenya Kwanza government.

The demos paralysed the transport in the area as shops remained close for the better part of the day.

Many schools were also closed down because of the opposition Azimio la Umoja One Kenya-led demonstrations.