Fisheries minister Amason Kingi
Fisheries minister Amason Kingi escaped with his life after a campaign tour turned violent in Mtwapa, Coast province.
Four people, including his bodyguard, were killed in the fracas as Mr Kingi and Kilifi Senate aspirant Stewart Madzayo were addressing boda boda riders.
A group of people, chanting Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) slogans, confronted the crowd and slashed the minister's bodyguard with machetes.
Members of the public turned on the rowdy youth and killed three of them.
Mr Kingi's bodyguard was rushed to Jocham hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Mr Madzayo was also unhurt in the ensuing melee.
Source: Daily Nation
Four people, including his bodyguard, were killed in the fracas as Mr Kingi and Kilifi Senate aspirant Stewart Madzayo were addressing boda boda riders.
A group of people, chanting Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) slogans, confronted the crowd and slashed the minister's bodyguard with machetes.
Members of the public turned on the rowdy youth and killed three of them.
Mr Kingi's bodyguard was rushed to Jocham hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
Mr Madzayo was also unhurt in the ensuing melee.
Source: Daily Nation
