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Security concerns over shoes worn at Deputy President William Ruto’s Migori tour

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

The kind of shoes worn by men at Deputy President William Ruto’s function in Migori on Sunday was a major security concern.

Police officers exercised extreme caution in a bid to block a repeat of what happened to President Uhuru Kenyatta when rowdy youths threw shoes at him during his visit to the county last month.

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