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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 23 Feb 2016

    Row in Kenya after pilot for Deputy President Ruto filmed allegedly assaulting a policewoman http://bbc.in/1QdWXPG pic.twitter.com/ARsTdPJMkI

    2:22 AM - 23 Feb 2016
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      1. SirGilo Ola‏ @SirGilo 23 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica: Only in Africa & perhaps Asia can this happen. When u jettison rule of law in favour of those in power, expect nothing less.

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      1. Karuma Monitor‏ @Cutegoatie 23 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica Police supposed to cordon off the area around the chopper; otherwise, posing security threat to the DP.

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      1. pam‏ @ellapam213 23 Feb 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica shame on all the (MEN!) Spectators that were there and did NOTHING!

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      1. Youth President‏ @rickmoses86 23 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica @Alex_Ndalila that's common in African land

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      1. alex mugendi‏ @alexfestus83 23 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica this was stupidity of greatest order,shame on you

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      1. KN 💎‏ @kingnaresh 23 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica did we Kenya get independence or are we still colonised by so called whites

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      1. Lt General irungu‏ @IsaacIzzoe 23 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica funny part the pilot is a rasict british pig

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      1. HipsDntLie‏ @LieDnt 23 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica FUCK OFF KENYA'S INTERNAL MATTERS YOU GUTTER PRESS!

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      1. mbuya chiwevu‏ @mbuya14 23 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica the only white man u can trust is a dead white man.look at what is happening in south Africa now.....

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      1. Lincoln Aveza‏ @AvezaLincoln 23 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica such kind of pilots should be deported back to where they come from We cant allow racidm in kenya

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      1. KARDI Y.‏ @tuty_dennis 23 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica a white pilot assaulting a black policewoman.

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      1. ዘርይሁን‏ @Zerihun_et 23 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica Is he being racist,misogynic,a male chauvinist, or simply benighted?

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      1. Moindi Ochoi‏ @moindiochoi 23 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica Why is the so called the colored, disrespecting and looking down upon us on our own soil? why should we be treated as such?

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      1. JOHN BAPTIST BONGOMI‏ @LORDDEBONGOLEY 23 Feb 2016
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        @BBCAfrica Why she is being assaulted is the leading question?.Nothing at all like Gender based violence here.

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