Thursday, 4 June 2026
Kenyan Digest

Mathare Chang'aa traders burn down school in protests

1 min read
Published 3 April 2019

A section of Mathare illicit brew traders who were protesting police operations against illicit brew have burned down a school in the area.

The traders who engaged police for the better part of Wednesday blocked Juja road before burning down Maji Mazuri primary school.

Reports indicate that a number of pupils were injured in the scuffle between the police and the protesters.

The protesters had taken to the streets after police raided their chang’aa dens on Monday.

The protesters engaged police on the busy Juja Road for the better part of Wednesday morning