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Protesters destroy county offices and MP's property

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A wreckage of a motor vehicle that was torched during the Anti-Finance bill protests on Tuesday lies at Machakos County Headquarters in Machakos town on June 26, 2024. [John Muia, Standard]

Business owners in Eastern counties were left counting losses on Wednesday following the nationwide anti-Finance Bill demonstrations.

In Makueni's Wote town, small-scale traders operating barber shops, saloons, phone repair shops and boutiques were at a loss after a huge fire razed down their premises.

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