Gunshots as Governor’s supporters rough up MCA at Bungoma funeral
Mourners at a funeral in Bungoma were treated to a show after supporters of Governor Wycliffe Wangamati attacked a vocal Member of County Assembly.
In a video seen by People Daily, chairs were used as weapons and shields while gunshots rent the air after Lwandanyi MCA Tony Barasa was dragged off the podium by a section of Wangamati's supporters.
The Saturday, June 12, chaos erupted at a funeral in Tuuti village, Kanduyi Sub County which was attended by governor Wangamati and a section of Bungoma MCAs opposing the county chief.
The unfolding drama comes a day after a show of might was witnessed at Bungoma County Assembly where a section of MCAs against the second Supplementary Budge faced it out with their counterparts from Maendeleo Mashinani Initiative Reloaded..
In a rejoinder, Lwandanyi MCA who reported the matter at Bungoma Police Station said his life is in danger and that even after reporting the matter twice to the police no action has been taken.
On the the other hand, governor Wangamati condemned the incident, terming it as unfortunate while promising to factor in the youth in appointments of village administrators.
"We don't want politics of wars and division, we want peace in Bungoma and when you criticize, do so constructively," Wangamati cautioned.
The MCA's who were attacked called on the Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai to come to their rescue and stop attacks on the MCAs.
"I don't know why the County Commissioner is doing nothing about these incidents, this is not the first case, every weekend Wangamati is attacking somebody," Majority Leader Joseph Nyongesa said.
