The management of two supermarkets in Kagumo and Kagio towns, Kirinyaga County, has issued an ultimatum to residents who looted properties during the Saba Saba protests to return the stolen items within 14 days.
This followed a meeting convened on Thursday, July 10, between over 2,000 business people led by their chairman, Anthony Mucheke, who met at Wanguru International Stadium and agreed on how to protect their business in the future.
They placed posters across the county, warning all the looters to return the stolen items and before the close of business on Thursday, the residents brought back some of the stolen items.
“Several items have been dropped near the supermarkets, others dropped in police stations and along the roads,” one of the drivers ferrying the items said in Kagio town.
According to the chairman, the business people counted losses worth over Ksh.200 million.
“We were caught off guard, but right now we have organised ourselves. We discovered that those were not protesters but criminals,” Mucheke said.
According to Charles Njiru, a businessman in Kirinyaga, his property worth over Ksh.50 million was stolen after looters broke into his supermarket in the town.
“I couldn’t believe to see the local people taking advantage of the situation, even some of my former employees who left their jobs on my premises,” Njiru added.
