Culture of political violence sneaks back in Kenya

President Kenyatta's function at Migori Primary School was disrupted by hired goons. {PHOTO: TITUS MUNALA}

The ugly scenes witnessed in Migori County where hooligans disrupted an event presided over by President Uhuru Kenyatta seemed to signal a return to the culture of political violence.

The rowdy group heckled speakers, chanted ODM slogans and threw shoes at the dais, and not even the President's repeated appeals for calm could stop them.