There was a total halt to economic activities in Kisumu as the fifth wave of anti-IEBC demonstrations attracted mammoth crowd.
Shops in the Central Business District and post-election violence hotspot- Kondele were stoned with intentions of looting were thwarted by police.
In the CBD along Oginga Odinga Street, all shops were closed as crowds milled into town from all corners.
Even the street vendors did not open business Monday morning.
Transport into and out of the lakeside town remained paralysed and roads were barricaded with stones, blocks, boulders and vandalised metallic infrastructure.
Boda boda and taxi operators joined in the protests.
Eateries that had opened in the morning hastily closed down in fear of being damaged and looted.
Supermarkets locked shoppers in and drew metallic grills as crowds entered town.
A mobile van used as a telecoms shop was dragged onto the road and burnt.
A water hydrant used by fire fighters was destroyed, leaving water gushing into waste.
Street advertisement boards were vandalised and thrown all over the town on roads. What could not be uprooted was stoned.
For the first time since the protests began four weeks ago, there were looting attempts.
The business community have expressed fears that the demonstrations were bound to have far-reaching economic impacts on the town.
Several investors pulled out of the town in the 2007/1008 post-election skirmishes that saw firms looted and others burnt.