Ban shoes at Migori public rallies

Rongo Administration Police Commander David Ngetich checks a school boy's shoes as he tries to explain to him why the police were concerned about people who wore open shoes to DP William Ruto's function in Migori on Sunday, October 13. All men especially the youth who donned in open shoes were turned away. PHOTO: STANLEY ONGWAE

We love being copycats, here in Kenya. When we see something that works, or which affords the instigator a certain level of notoriety, we simply mass-copy it and hope to get the same reactions as the first mover.

Barely days after a Facebook page gained infamy for exposing dead beat dads, dozens of copies were up and running, though none quite achieved the notoriety of the first page.