Police have arrested 19 suspects in connection with a looting incident that occurred in Eldoret town where a gang looter staged a shocking and brazen orgy of lawlessness.
The looters took advantage of an operation by Uasin Gishu County government officials to weed out unlicensed vendors from the town’s central business district and raided Eldomatt cookery /Bakery, near Saito Centre.
The looters who were joined by street idlers teamed up with the vendors and overwhelmed the ill-equipped county enforcement askaris, who were beaten to a pulp.
This prompted the quick intervention by the Uasin Gishu security apparatus, which deployed a standby anti-riot squad that quelled the situation and arrested the suspects.
The shocking incident that appeared surreal was captures in amateur videos sent fear across the country in view of the current wave of crime being experience nationwide.
Kenyans have asked the government to put its foot on the ground and arrest the spiralling insecurity before it reaches a point of no return.
