Ruto pledges compensation for protest victims, hails them as heroes

President William Ruto has committed to compensate families that lost their kin as well as victims of protests, whom he described as heroes. Speaking in Kisumu on Friday, the president said the move is in line with his agreement with the late Raila Odinga. This even as calls for the formation of a pre election agreement with ODM also took centre stage, with local leaders pushing the president to embrace the Orange party