Clashes over planned gold mining in Ikolomani leave 3 Dead, 10 injured

Tension is high in Ikolomani, Kakamega County, after a day of fierce running battles between police and residents that left three people dead and 25 police officers injured. A public participation forum organised by the national environmental management authority (NEMA) to discuss a proposed gold extraction project by a private investor turned chaotic when rowdy youth armed with crude weapons blocked the road to Musali Mixed Day and Boarding Senior School and attacked the convoy. Several journalists were also injured in the clashes, which left a trail of destruction at the school.