{"id":7902,"date":"2024-11-14T23:39:53","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T20:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=7902"},"modified":"2024-11-14T23:39:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T20:39:53","slug":"lucky-summer-man-jumped-in-front-of-presidential-motorcade-wasnt-a-danger-to-president-uhuru-kenyatta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/lucky-summer-man-jumped-in-front-of-presidential-motorcade-wasnt-a-danger-to-president-uhuru-kenyatta\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucky Summer man who jumped in-front of presidential motorcade wasn&#8217;t a danger to President Uhuru Kenyatta"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Security breach as man jumps infront of President Uhuru Kenyatta&#39;s vehicle in Lucky Summer, Nairobi County <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QXYzLZI0Pd\">pic.twitter.com\/QXYzLZI0Pd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/citizentvkenya\/status\/1397623961232490502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Top police commanders are worried after a man obstructed President Kenyatta\u2019s convoy in Lucky Summer area, Nairobi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Officials say there are fears of action following the incident that was seen as a security lapse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The action may include changes at various levels of the police command and especially in the Presidential Escort Unit (PEU).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">\u201cThis was a lapse and there might be action,\u201d said a senior officer who asked not to be named.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">However, the government says the president\u2019s security was not under any kind of threat following the incident.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Government spokesperson Cyrus Oguna described the man as just an overzealous citizen who was excited to see president Kenyatta.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">\u201cOn 26 May 2021, an individual stepped in front of the Presidential motorcade during the president\u2019s tour at Lucky Summer, Nairobi County,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">\u201cThe individual is a citizen who was only excited to see the motorcade of His Excellency President Uhuru Kenyatta. We wish to allay any fears that the President\u2019s security was under threat.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The man on Wednesday afternoon unexpectedly obstructed President Kenyatta\u2019s motorcade in Lucky Summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">His actions were captured on a video taken by a local and went viral.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The video showed the man in a group that was cheering as the motorcade made its way past them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">He then moved to the road and stood in front of the President\u2019s car forcing the convoy to briefly stop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Police officers who were riding on motorbikes jumped out and grabbed the man before dragging him off the road as other officers joined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The man seemed to be in shock by the action of the officers as he also pulled away before they could reach him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The motorcade proceeded as the president rolled down his window and saluted as the other onlookers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Nairobi County Police Commander Augustine Nthumbi said the man was interrogated to establish his motive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">He said the man insisted he acted out of the excitement of seeing the president.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">\u201cLeaders also need to sensitise their people of dangers of such behaviour. People should avoid such actions which are risky,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The President had gone to Lucky Summer area to launch a Sh300 million slaughterhouse owned by 3,000 livestock farmers in the country when the incident happened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">It came a week after another man made a move towards the president\u2019s dais as he addressed a meeting in Lamu on May 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">The man was armed with an identification card and wanted to tell the President he was yet to get a job at the new Lamu port.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">On March 2, 2021, a motorist breached the president\u2019s security and drove to State House. The motorist had joined the presidential motorcade in Juja and followed them up to State House in a lapse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: 12pt\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-star.co.ke\/news\/2021-05-27-man-wasnt-a-danger-to-president-after-road-obstruction-government-says\"><strong>Star<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top police commanders are worried after a man obstructed President Kenyatta\u2019s convoy in Lucky Summer area, Nairobi. Officials say there are fears of action following the incident that was seen as a security lapse. 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