Angry youths hurled shoes at the presidential dais on Monday, September 08, 2014 in Migori County at a meeting addressed by President Uhuru Kenyatta.
The meeting was being held at the Migori Primary School. The Nation reported that the youths had taken strategic positions in front of the dais and started shouting Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) slogans soon after Migori Governor Zachary Okoth Obado moved to the microphone to address the gathering.
The youths also threw plastic chairs across the field, and aimed shoes at the dais. It was not clear who the target was. Later, it was claimed that the youths were aiming at Governor Obado.
The presidential guard threw a security cordon around the tent where the President and other dignitaries sat. President Kenyatta calmly watched the drama unfold right in front of his eyes.
Efforts by then Nyatike MP Edick Anyanga and then Migori Senator Wilfred Machage to calm the crowd fell on deaf ears.
The fracas marred an otherwise peaceful visit by the President, during which he addressed several meetings.
Kitutu Chache North MP James Angwenyi walked out of the venue in protest and headed to his car.He was quoted by the Nation saying: “These guys cannot embarrass the President like this as I watch. This is a big shame I cannot withstand.”
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