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Man sets himself ablaze to protest high cost of living

Mombasa CBD

Robert Gituhu set himself ablaze in Mombasa on Thursday August 17.

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By  Farhiya Hussein

A man set himself ablaze in Mombasa City’s Central Business District (CBD) on Thursday to protest the high cost of living.

Curious onlookers had thronged the Mwembe Tayari roundabout after he climbed one of the statues and doused himself in petrol.

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