Supporters Of Rival Candidates Clash Ahead Of Raila’s Meeting In Mandera

MANDERA, Kenya, Jun 25- Tension is high in Mandera, ahead of a rally by Azimio la Umoja One Kenya presidential candidate Raila Odinga.

Odinga will be accompanied by his running mate and NARC Kenya party boss Martha Karua and a series of political heavyweights in the coalition.

Trouble started when supporters of rival candidates clashed.

Last week, a similar incident happened in Marsabit during a rally attended by Odinga.

On Saturday, it was supporters of Mandera East legislator Omar Maalim of the United Democratic Movement (UDM) who clashed with those of his competitor Hussein Weytan of the Orange Democratic Movement,

The two teams are supporters of ODM gubernatorial candidate Hassan Noor Hassan and UDM’s Mohamed Adan Khalif, respectively.

This is a repeat of 2017 eventualities at the same venue when rival supporters of Jubilee and the Economic Freedom Party clashed.

Police have since managed to separate the two groups by creating a no man’s space between them.