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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, following the shooting, rowdy youth converged at the hospital and while transporting his body for burial started rioting resulting in the death of one person working as a Jua Kali artisan at Tudor, near Ronald Ngala Primary School. There was also burning of the office of the Salvation Army Church in Majengo. There was also looting of Neno Evangelistic Church in Tudor. A GK Vehicle at Musa Mosque in Majengo was set on fire. Windows of Arizona Hotel in Tudor were smashed by irate youths. Also, the Pentecostal Church in Kaloleni, Tononoka was vandalized. Several vehicles had their windscreens smashed by the demonstrators and looting ensued. After this, a contingent of anti riot police was deployed to the scene and contained the situation. However, the situation remained volatile and security personnel were thus deployed to patrol the streets to restore peace and tranquillity. The youth engaged the police by hurling stones and running in different alleys. Further, the Provincial Commissioner called a meeting of religious leaders on Tuesday, 28th August, in Mombasa to address the issue and impressed upon them on the need for their faithful to maintain peace as police investigates the matter. The meeting was attended by 14 religious leaders from all sects represented in Mombasa County. The meeting jointly condemned the ensuing destruction of property and churches and categorically agreed these were criminal acts and were not in any way a conflict between Christian and Muslim faithful. Hooligans had taken advantage of the killing to loot property. The meeting commended the Government effort to restore normalcy and asked it to bring to book those involved. Religious leaders resolved to go back to talk to their faithful to keep calm and maintain peace. They agreed to continue holding further consultative meetings together and come up with dual plan of action. The meeting resolved that the religious leaders will work with the Government agencies to provide information that will lead to arrest of the perpetrators of criminal activities. The Provincial Administration will partner with church leaders and hold joint public meetings to assure members of the public. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I went to Mombasa yesterday afternoon and thereafter ordered that the Criminal Investigation Department officers go on the ground - they arrived yesterday evening - so that an indepdent investigation on the killing can be established. Later, the religious leaders and the Provincial Commissioner addressed a Press Conference to urge faithful to remain calm. Despite the Government taking the above measures, on Tuesday, 28th August, at 12 noon, youth from Kisauni Division went on rampage as allegations were made that the wife of the late Muslim preacher had succumbed to the injuries sustained during the incident. At around 3.00 p.m. while the police were cooling the riots, a grenade was"
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