Four people were killed on Monday in Kisumu following violent protests that were ignited with the killing of an Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) parliamentary aspirant Shem Onyango alias Kwegah.

The three were among a group of five people who had sought refuge at a furniture shop in Kondele to escape the crossfire between rioters and the police.

According to an eye witnesses, police lobbed a teargas canister which burst into flames due to contact with a flammable substance.

Two people who survived the incident were admitted at the New Nyanza General Hospital with serious burns.

Protesters also blocked the Kisumu – Kakamega highway and destroyed properties.

Motorcycle taxi operator, Kenneth Oduor, who was ferrying a passenger that got killed early in the day said his client was shot as they approached a police station.