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The high cost of demos as traders grapple with lost sales and looters

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Businessmen count losses following the destruction caused by goons who infiltrated anti-government protests in Kajiado. [File, Standard]

A youthful man flings a 13kg LPG gas cylinder from the ground over to his left shoulder in a split second at Rubis Filling Station, Kitengela, and sprints away, melting into the crowd.

Another one is seen trying the impossible task of fitting two two-litre soda bottles in the pockets of his jacket. A lady in a white top with her jacket tightly wrapped around her waist seems to be hovering aimlessly, seemingly lost in the two-litre orange soda.

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