Two days after President Ruto was heckled by a crowd he was addressing during his recently concluded 4-day tour of the Northeastern region, elders from the Somali Community have apologised to the President.
According to the elders, they were not happy with the heckling that the President received in the area.
”Our main reason for coming out to speak today is as a result of what happened during the President’s visit while addressing residents at the Prisons land. We are not happy about what happened especially we the Somalis and all the good people of Isiolo. There was no reason to heckle the Head of State.’’
Somali elders apologise to Ruto after the heckling incident in Isiolo. Photo: Courtesy.
The elders moreover noted that the heckling was caused by intoxicated youths from outside the region, suggesting they may have been transported from elsewhere.
”Drunk youths who even if you keenly look at them are not people from Isiolo. Whatever they did was not right at all and that is why I want to offer my sincerest apologies to our President,” Shariff argued.
Further elders caucus Secretary General Idle Hassan also condemned the heckling of the President, suggesting that Ruto has been very comprehensive on pastoralist affairs.
A section of the youth from rival political camps engaged in shouting matches, which prompted Ruto to claim that some had been sent by drug dealers to disrupt the meeting.
