Photos of customised shoes that went viral on Wednesday, February 15, revealed trickery used by bandits to cover their tracks when under hot pursuit by police.
The regular shoes had animal hooves mounted on them using nails. On each side, two pairs are attached to the sole, one at the front and a second on the heel.
Both pairs of hooves faced the same direction, but on the opposite side of the shoe thus sending officers in the wrong direction.
Kenyans.co.ke did a background check on the viral photos and established that they were first taken in South Africa in July 2021.
The rangers stumbled on them when pursuing suspected poachers at the Kruger National park. However, Kenyans maintained that the same trick was used during raids in the country.
"They used this technique in Nakuru sometimes back, cows were going opposite direction when you track them," one tweep wrote.
Others reckoned that the shoe modifications were used to lead on security officers into pitfall traps after which they ambushed them. However, they expressed confidence that the police can outsmart the goons.
"Bandits are bright but I know the military is good in what it does. We want these bandits to be dealt with," a second Kenyan opined.
A conversation on the shoe ensued owing to the current situation in the country, where security agents are battling with banditry in the North Rift.
The attacks led to the loss of lives of many Kenyans and the theft of hundreds of heads of cattle. The latest incident saw four police officers killed in an ambush by bandits in Kainuk, Turkana.
Following the attack, President William Ruto ordered military deployment to reinforce the police officers undertaking a security operation in the affected areas.
