Deadly year that left world’s most powerful shaken

A man being whisked away by presidential security teams after attempting to disrupt Madaraka day proceedings at Jomo Kenyatta International Stadium Kisumu on June 1, 2021. (Collins Oduor, Standard)

In separate incidents within a month, three men had to be stopped as each tried to reach President Uhuru Kenyatta at public functions.

They may all have been harmless attention seekers. But it hasn’t always been the case elsewhere. We revisit the year when security lapses cost lives of two presidents, as a third president and the Pope narrowly cheated death.