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MPs to give up their guns after deadly market fracas

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Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe fired indiscriminately towards an advancing crowd led by Kamenu MCA Peter Mburu. Kagombe who was admitted to hospital will also be required to surrender his gun. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

All firearm holders present during the skirmishes in Thika last week, which left one person dead and several others injured have been ordered to surrender their guns to Directorate Criminal Investigations headquarters.

A police source revealed that the firearms will be subjected to a ballistics examination to establish who shot David Nduati, a boda boda rider at Kiganjo market, which is being contested by the national and county governments.

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