Machete gang attacks Kenyan minister
Fisheries minister Amason Kingi was unharmed in the incident on Thursday, which police blamed on a separatist group campaigning for the secession of Kenya’s coastal strip.
“We believe these are the people who are coming from the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC). We know that they are armed to engage in unlawful activities,” Aggrey Adoli, the region’s police chief, said. The MRC denied the allegation. “We know there are politicians who are competing for political seats in the coming elections,” it said.
“They are targeting to outdo one another using any means, including sending of militia to disrupt one another’s meetings.”