By The Mountain Journal team in Thika
Traders at Witeithie Market in Juja Sub- County, Kiambu downed their tools to demonstrate after they woke up to find their only toilet that was under construction had been vandalized by unknown goons the previous night.
The irate traders said it was unfortunate that some people were jealous that a Juja parliamentary Aspirant had undertaken to build the toilet that previous leadership and Kiambu County had failed to do. Traders and their clients and suppliers are forced to pay to answer calls of nature or seek help from neighbouring plots.
Police from Witeithie move in swiftly to avert an ugly confrontation after the wailing traders barricaded the entrance and leaving the market. The officers were forced to cock their guns and draw tear gas canisters to disperse the traders as they marched to the Thika-Nairobi Super Highway. The incident which started at 7 am was brought under control at 11 am.
Witeithie MCA Julius Macharia Taki recently said he had been approached by one of the Juja Parliamentary aspirants who requested him(Macharia) to support." I told him I would support him on condition he put up the toilet, to which, he obliged, "the MCA claimed.
Detractors and opponents of the aspirants had earlier sponsored goons to oppose the project which they saw as a major boost to the contender. The toilet was to be opened this Friday.
Juja Sub- County Police Commander Dorothy Migarusha said no casualty or arrest had been reported. She said her officers were on the ground investigating the heinous act.
"There are people whose behaviors are even worse than the animals, Such as human caliber, Have no value in this world, Do these hooligans have a functional iota of the brain? This was nonsense and stupidity of the highest order," shouted Micheal Kamau.
Neither MCA Macharia nor the contractor of the fateful toilet could be reached for comment.
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