KISUMU, Kenya, Oct 29 – Two protesters were killed and five other people – including a police officer wounded in a violent confrontation with security forces, following the murder of ODM politician Shem Onyango Kwega. The four were shot and wounded as police battled demonstrators in Kondele slum while the officer was hit by a stone hurled by the protestors near the Nyanza Provincial General Hospital, our correspondent said. The chaos broke out soon after Kwega was shot and killed by suspected gangsters on Monday morning as he drove in the town accompanied by his wife. Source: http://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2012/10/2-dead-in-protests-over-kisumu-politicians-murder/ A scientist working with CDC/KEMRI in Kisumu was on Saturday night killed at his residence in Tom Mboya Estate by armed gangsters who also injured a night guard. Joseph Odhiambo was attacked as he drove his vehicle into the compound at around 9pm by three men who made away with at least Sh50 thousand. NT...
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