Two suspected goons are fighting for their lives at Yala Sub-County Hospital when irate villagers turned against them for allegedly trying to disrupt the Orange Democratic Movement party’s grassroots elections in Gem constituency.
The Wednesday incident occurred at Muhanda primary school in Gem Yala Sub County where the two were beaten senselessly and left for dead, before good Samaritans took them to the hospital.
According to witnesses, the two were part of a group of youths allegedly hired from the neighbouring Kisumu County to ensure that only aspirants aligned to a local politician sailed through the polling station during the exercise.
Things turned worse when agitated villagers spotted strangers in vehicles hovering around Muhanda primary school which is situated along the Kisumu – Busia Highway and on challenging them to identify themselves, they refused leading to exchange of words.
The altercation attracted a crowd which descended on them.
Addressing the media, Gem constituency ODM chairman, Nick Ochola condemned the incident and blamed a local politician of being behind the incident.
