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Our support for Finance Bill has cost us heavily, leaders confess

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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. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

Several MPs whose property was destroyed by protestors on Tuesday as they vented against the Finance Bill 2024 says they have left the attackers to God even as they continue counting losses amounting to millions of shillings.

The protestors who invaded razed down buildings and carried away property belonging to MPs Kimani Kuria (Molo) who is also the Finance and National Planning at the National Assembly, Njoroge Wainaina (Kieni), Muchangi Karemba (Mbeere South), Oscar Sudi (Kapsaret) among others.

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