At least four journalists were injured while scores lost their valuables as police and goons targeted media personnel covering the ongoing Madaraka Day celebrations in Homa Bay.
Several attendees were left counting losses as the goons brought as far as Kisumu thronged Raila Odinga Stadium and targeted mobile phones and money.
Two Standard Group journalists as well as an NTV journalist were targeted by police officers and assaulted. TV producers Steve Okedi (KTN) and Marble Achieng (NTV) as well as Royal Media Services Journalist Ephantus Maina sustained injuries on their legs after they were assaulted by security officers. "We had our media accreditation but they still targeted us.
They pushed us and started hitting us with batons and that is how I got injured," said Achieng.
