A section of residents of Cheboror in Kesses, Uasin Gishu, has come out strongly to condemn and distance themselves from a group of youths who heckled some leaders during President William Ruto development tour of the North Rift region.
The elders termed the acts as unfortunate and uncalled for. They accused leaders behind the incident of attempting to outshine others in the presence of the president while in his own political backyard.
Who sponsored Kesses heckling incident?
Speaking at Cheboror in Tarakwa where the President held a rally on Friday after launching several projects in the area, the residents led by Stanley Biwot Tololo, Paul Kurgat Tabora and Margaret Kurgat hit out at the leaders who sponsored the heckling.
They have now called upon investigative agencies to probe the matter so that action can be taken against those involved in financing the youths.
“We want to ask our politicians to understand the power of humility and collaboration for a prosperous society. We discourage them from unnecessary competition and acts of trying to overshadow others,” Tololo explained .
“Such acts are barbaric, uncivilized, uncultured and uncalled for. Our youth in this area were not part of that and we would like to encourage our leaders to work together as the only way of strengthening the community, uplifting one another and promoting a unified vision for the future,” Kurgat added.
They further issued an apology to the head of state for what they described as an embarrassing incident.
In addition, they thanked the Head of State for the various development projects initiated in the area.
Last week, Ruto was in the North Rift for a three-day tour that saw him launch several development projects in Soy, Turbo, Kesses and Kapseret sub counties.
He also launched other projects in Elgeyo Marakwet and Trans Nzoia.
