Ruth Odinga escapes death narrowly as police fire live ammunition to disperse rowdy crowd in Kisumu
Former Kisumu Deputy Governor Ruth Odinga escaped death narrowrly today after police fired shots to disperse a rowdy crowd in Urudi polling station, Nyakach, Kisumu county.
Ruth was leaving the polling station when the chaos started forcing her security detail to whisk her away.
The incident temporarily halted the voting exercise which later resumed after calm was restored.
Ruth, who is eying Kisumu women representative, is battling for an ODM ticket with former Kisumu city manager Doris Ombara, former Kisumu tourism executive Rose Kisia, Beatrice Atieno and Grace Akumu.
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