Kenyans have expressed concern after video footage circulated online appeared to show an individual among protesters carrying what has been described as a grenade launcher during the ongoing fuel protests.

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Images and footage obtained by  Kenyans.co.ke show a young man wearing a bright yellow t-shirt running along the road while holding a long-barrelled firearm, suggesting a dramatic escape.

He is followed by several other men who are running behind him, seemingly in pursuit.

How the men obtained the ammunition from the police remains a mystery.

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The footage is said to be from Wote Town, Makueni County, according to several reports reaching our desks.

On May 18, nationwide protests against soaring fuel prices and the cost of living were most heightened across major urban centers, with Nairobi, Kitengela, Mombasa, Kisumu, Makueni, and the Mt Kenya region experiencing the most intense unrest and transport paralysis.

Surprisingly, it is in Makueni County where the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party offices for the county were torched at the height of the May 18 fuel protests.

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has launched a manhunt and investigations into the torching of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) offices in Wote, Makueni County.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen stated that detectives are actively looking into the incident, alleging that politicians incited and organised the criminals involved in the attack.

In Kenya, ordinary citizens caught in possession of firearms without a valid firearm certificate or permit are guilty of a criminal offense.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke