Businesses closed in Kisumu as police patrol town

There was a heavy presence of police in Kisumu even as businesses remained closed during day two of the anti-government protests.

Schools remained closed and transport was paralysed.

Business people preferred to stay indoors to avoid confrontation with either police or any protestor within the town.

Only a handful of boda boda operators were seen going on with their daily routine, standing at the various bases hoping to get customers to take around.

In the early morning hours, there was relativity ease within the lakeside city even as a section of people opened their business but some hurriedly closed up a few hours later.

Along the Kisumu-Nairobi Road, outside Jubilee market some women were seen selling their vegetables in the morning but some closed when officers started lobbying teargas canisters.

"We have no option but to try and see if we can sell something because we can't survive all these days just in the house, what will our family eat," said one trader that sought anonymity.

The police officers are manning key areas within the town from Kisumu Boys round about, Kondlele area, and even the Agah Khan roundabout area.

The crowd that was converging within the area was pushed back.

A police Land cruiser is also seen patrolling different areas within Kondele in an attempt to stop any kind of groupings by people.

Unlike the previous demos, there was no intense protests witnessed or huge crowds in the streets engaging the police in running battles.

Roads also remained barricaded in different areas within the Lakeside city.

At the Kisumu bus park police were seen trying to removed the stones and blocks that were used to barricade the roads.

Local leaders were a no-show even as claims of profiling, intimidation from police and the various arrests being witnessed across the country blamed for this.