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Businesses paralyzed in major towns in Nyanza as youths take to the streets

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Youth block Migori-Rongo highway with stones during anti-government protests on July 2, 2024. [Anne Atieno, Standard]

Transport and business operations were paralyzed for the better part of the day in major towns of the Nyanza region, with two people shot in Kisii and Migori.

Hundreds of residents took to the streets to express dissatisfaction with the Kenya Kwanza government.

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