[VIDEO] Terror Strikes Ol Kalou After Hooded, Armed Gov't Militia Threw Teargas At Polling Stations

[VIDEO] Terror Strikes Ol Kalou After Hooded, Armed Gov’t Militia Threw Teargas At Polling Stations

Fear seized Ol Kalou town on Thursday as armed, hooded men in multiple sport utility vehicles (SUVs) drove through the streets, blasted shots into the air, and patrolled areas near polling stations as voting in the parliamentary by-election plunged into mayhem.

The rioting occurred after voting had mostly gone well during the morning until the situation shifted in the afternoon.

Hooded guys armed with weapons and rungus are seen wandering throughout town in viral footage, while citizens flee for their lives.

In one video, a hooded man wielding a long rungu disperses people before boarding a moving SUV with another masked individual.

Wueh pic.twitter.com/YbgtoxfWCT— Ole Teya (@TeyaKevin) July 16, 2026

Chaos erupts at Ol Kalou Comprehensive School as armed, hooded men assault journalists and seize their cameras, teargas fired to disperse crowds at the polling station pic.twitter.com/J1AUFLqt48— Uzalendo News (@UzalendoNews_KE) July 16, 2026

Another video shows a man standing on top of an SUV firing towards a crowd, while another person appears to fire from the rear window of the same vehicle as it moved through the area.

The scenes sparked panic among residents, some of whom hid while recording the unfolding events.

Voices captured in the videos urged those around them to remain silent and avoid drawing attention.

Shock as armed masked men show up, teargas Ol Kalou residents at AC Primary polling station pic.twitter.com/ghV04nRuRG— NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) July 16, 2026

This is a by-election. Not even the General election. Maajabu. Ol Kalou tu! pic.twitter.com/2pSmqJaicZ— BRAVIN YURI (@BravinYuri) July 16, 2026

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“Keep quiet, don’t move, they will beat us with stones,” a woman is heard saying in Kikuyu.

Another voice says, “Nyamaza, usitoke na unyamaze, usiende mahali,” as another woman urges those around her to leave the area.

In another scene, several men are seen running while carrying firearms as residents flee in different directions.

A journalist was also captured rushing to safety with his equipment, narrowly avoiding one of the speeding Prado vehicles.

The violence followed earlier disturbances near St Joseph’s Catholic Comprehensive School polling centre after a group of residents briefly barricaded part of the road leading to the station.

[VIDEO] Terror Strikes Ol Kalou After Hooded, Armed Gov’t Militia Threw Teargas At Polling Stations