Residents of Mtwapa were left foaming at the mouth after police inadvertently fired teargas canisters inside Mtwapa sub county hospital during Tuesday demonstrations.
According to the residents, the police were tackling rioters who had gathered outside the Chief’s Office, not far from the hospital, when police reportedly fired teargas canisters at the lot, two of which ended up landing inside the maternity ward area, and the clinic.
There was tension at the hospital’s maternity ward as those affected condemned the ineptitude of the police.
“This is a health facility and it's well marked. There are many patients here, we didn’t go out to riot. Why are they doing this to us, yet we have newborn children, and expectant mothers here in the maternity ward,” said Miriam Wambui, a resident of Mtwapa.
A remorseful area OCPD is said to have walked to the facility, and picked the exploded remnants of the teargas canisters.
He then apologised to the affected patients, the hospital administration and staff present.
The OCPD also reportedly spoke to the hospital administrator before leaving the facility.
A number of areas were on Tuesday affected by riots as Kenyans took to the streets to express their disaffection regarding the Finance Bill 2024, that has since been dropped.
Riots have been reported in Mombasa, Nairobi, Nakuru, Kisumu, Migori, Kisii, Machakos, Trans Nzoia and other areas across the country.