Nakuru-Based Journalists Attacked While Covering Cleophas Malala Standoff Involving School Play

Journalists covering a standoff between former Kakamega governor Cleophas Malala and the police were violently harassed and attacked by the police as they were reporting on an unfolding incidence where the former governor attempted to gain access Kirobon Girls High School, where his drama students from Butere Girls rehearsed their controversial play themed 'Echoes of War' and the police blocked his way in . In their attempt to provide more coverage on the matter , several journalists including female journalists Purity Kinuthia of NMG and Maryanne Nyambura of Citizen TV were mired in the situation where police threw teargas at them and even used live bullets on them as seen in an image where Maryanne held a bullet casing believed to have been fired by the police.