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State House guards sweat as stampede nearly occurred at the gates

Statehouse must rethink its security arrangements while hosting large delegations ahead of the repeat presidential elections. A little birdie from the House at the hill intimated to Grapevine that on Monday when President Uhuru Kenyatta hosted over 4,000 women from across the country, a stampede nearly occurred at the gates.

Hundreds of impatient women who had been kept waiting for nearly three hours, we are told nearly overpowered security officers tasked with frisking them before they were ushered in. The long wait, our source added caused some of the women leaders to pass out. Over to you Mr. President.

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