VIDEO:Chaos rock the start of a training session for census enumerators

There was chaos in Kangemi, Westlands Constituency on Thursday morning as youth stormed a training session for 2019 census enumerators.

The youth who interrupted the session claimed that there had been irregularities in the selection of enumerators in the region.

Police were forced to lob teargas canisters to disperse youth who had stormed census enumerators training in protesting ‘flawed’ hiring.

Police lob teargas canisters to disperse youth who had stormed census enumerators training in Kangemi, Nairobi County protesting 'flawed' hiring pic.twitter.com/zF3MzvEBWp

— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) August 15, 2019

Westlands MP Tim Wanyonyi reported to the scene as police lobbed teargas to disperse the rowdy crowd.

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— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) August 15, 2019