(Adnkronos) – A shoe thrown at the president during a rally. It happened in Kenya. ‘Victim’, William Ruto. The government speaks of a “shameful” incident, immortalized by videos circulating on the web in which the shoe is seen hitting the left arm of the president engaged in a speech to the crowd in Migori County, considered a stronghold of opposition leader Raila Odinga who challenged Ruto in the 2022 presidential elections.
Local media report the arrest of three people, but – reports the BBC – this is news that is not confirmed by the police. Among public opinion, there are those who condemn the incident and those who highlight the population’s discontent with the cost of living.
Meanwhile, there are those who fear for the safety of the representatives of the institutions. Last week in Nairobi, an opposition MP was shot dead. “You can imagine if the shoe had been a bullet,” Nelson Koech, a member of the president’s party, told Citizen Tv. In March, Odinga and Ruto signed an agreement to end months of political crisis after last year’s street protests.
