Chaos after two people were injured in the ODM Gem elections

Two people are fighting for their lives at Yala Subcounty Hospital in Siaya after they were injured in a violent confrontation in Gem.

This came after irate villagers turned on them for allegedly trying to disrupt the activities of the Orange Democrats Grassroots elections of the Movement Party in the Gem district.

The early morning incident took place at Muhanda Primary School in Gem Yala Sub-County where the two were beaten and left for dead before good Samaritans took them to hospital.

It started when agitated villagers spotted strangers in vehicles driving around Muhanda Primary School, which is located along the Kisumu-Busia highway, and when asked to identify themselves, they allegedly refused.

Addressing the media, Gem Constituency ODM chairman, Nick Ochola, condemned the incident and accused the politician of being behind it.

Ochola said there are reports on social media platforms of a politician boasting that only his supporters will be elected or no elections will be held in the constituency.

The parents of one of the mob victims, Kennedy Oduor, who spoke to the media outside Yala Subcounty Hospital, condemned the incident and demanded that the politician pay the bill for his treatment.

They said their only son left his home in Tieng’re village in Kisumu to go to work but learned that he was seriously injured in Gem.

Gem County Police Chief Charles Wafula confirmed the incident, saying the two were rescued by police.

Meanwhile, grassroots elections in other parts of Gem County went smoothly.