500 goons were hired to cause violence during Gen Z demos, leaders claim

Sources estimated that about 500 goons armed with crude weapons were ferried from Kayole and dropped at various spots in the city, having been paid handsomely. Another squad of 1,000 demonstrators, also armed with crude weapons, landed from Mathare while a third formation of 300 was transported from Embakasi South.

Hundreds of demonstrators were also ferried from Kawangware and paid handsomely by a prominent politician, our sources said, their mission being to join a squad of 100 street boys to break into shops and stone the police.