Monday, March 18, 2024 – If you were planning to heckle and disrupt President William Ruto’s political rallies, you better think twice because it won’t be a laughing matter anymore.
This is after Interior Cabinet
Secretary Kithure Kindiki issued a directive spelling out that going forward,
Kenyans caught disrupting political rallies will be arrested and arraigned in
court.
This followed two incidents over
the weekend where hecklers disrupted Ruto’s rallies in Bomet and Kericho
counties.
The hecklers, it was reported,
were hired hands instructed to express their dissatisfaction with local
leaders.
While holding a consultative
forum with the Kericho County Security and Intelligence Committee, Kindiki
stated that going forward such behaviour would not be tolerated.
He read malice in the heckling,
noting that there was a specific group of high-ranking individuals who were
facilitating the now-frequent disruption of political rallies.
As such, he directed Kericho
County Commissioner Gabriel Kitiyo and his team to clamp down on the individuals
behind the incidents.
“The security team is tasked to
reign in on incidents of disorderly conduct in political meetings, conclude
investigations and apprehend the organisers, financiers and perpetrators of
hooliganism in the County, regardless of their political or social standing,”
Kindiki directed.
Ruto had earlier warned Bomet
residents that he would not tolerate such chaos in his meetings.
He argued that the United
Democratic Alliance (UDA) was a party of order and the heckling was an
unacceptable trend.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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