DP Ruto: Police are also hustlers, blame their bosses

Deputy President William Ruto is currently attending a youth empowerment fundraiser for a local boda boda group at Sironga grounds in Nyamira County.

The meeting comes exactly a week after authorities cancelled a planned fundraiser at the same venue over security fears.

While addressing the gathering, the DP started off by advising the crowd not to fault police officers who were present at the meeting. (Watch video above from minute 5:00)

He noted that officers who scuttled previous planned meetings were simply following orders.

"These policemen have no problem. They understand the challenges of ordinary people. The problem is the people who live in the ivory tower who don't understand the challenges of ordinary people," he said, while urging the crowd to applaud officers present at the venue.

He has also asked the youths not to allow politicians to use them to cause violence.

He also condemned tribal politics, says those fighting him will eventually be proved wrong.

The meeting is the first of two fundraisers which the police in Nyamira authorised the DP to preside over.

The two events were postponed last week after police outlawed them citing lack of compliance with the National Security Advisory Committee (NSAC) order.

Police used tear gas to break up the fundraising meeting that the Deputy President had been expected to attend in Nyamira. 

But on Wednesday, Nyamira County Police Commander Catherine Mugwe confirmed that they had allowed the DP and his allies to hold the two meetings.

Meanwhile, security has been tightened at the venue of the meeting there is a heavy presence of the police.

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