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Destruction and deaths during day-long anti-Finance Bill riots

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Tens of youths invaded Naivas Supermarket in Naivasha on Tuesday evening, looting goods worth millions of shillings before torching the office of area MP Jane Kihara. Following the incident, 130 suspects were arrested and security in and around the town beefed up. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

Pain and agony engulfed a number of towns across the country as traders began to pick up the pieces after the nationwide protests left a trail of destruction and loss of lives.

While some claimed the losses to their premises is a drop in the ocean in the bigger scheme to reform the country's leadership, others claimed it will take them time to recover.

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