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Ruto reaches out to gunshot victims, families amid apathy accusations

President William Ruto during the Unveiling of Digital Government services, KICC, Nairobi. [PCS]

President William Ruto has announced plans to meet the family of Kennedy Onyango, a 12-year-old who succumbed to gunshot wounds during anti-tax protests in Rongai.

Ruto dismissed reports linking the police to the incident, stating that Kennedy was shot by a criminal who had snatched a gun from a police officer during the anti-government demonstrations.

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