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'Mentally ill' man whips Raila at Coast rally

Plain cloths Security officers and Local fish out an elderly man believed to have mental illness after attempting to attack Cord Leader Raila Odinga and his Okoa Kenya Campaigners at Kinango grounds in Kwale County on Monday,029th September 2014. This was during his on going Coast tour of Referundum.PHOTO BY TOBIAS CHANJI
Plain cloths Security officers and locals fish out an elderly man after attempting to attack Cord Leader Raila Odinga and his Okoa Kenya Campaigners at Kinango grounds in Kwale County [PHOTO BY TOBIAS CHANJ/STANDARD]

Kwale, Kenya: Residents were treated to a rare spectacle in Kwale County Monday when an elderly man whipped Opposition Leader Raila Odinga during an Okoa Kenya rally at Kinango grounds.

The man, who police later released after establishing he was mentally unstable, also turned his cane on Kwale Governor Salim Mvurya as the leaders were enjoying the coastal sengenya dance with traditional dancers.

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