On Saturday, September 21, drama broke out in Kitale when National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula’s protocol officer, Ben Juma, allegedly attacked Joseph Pepela, the Saboti constituency MP hopeful.
According to sources, the occurrences took place in a Kitale club, where Pepela was meeting with former Kiminini MP Chris Wamalwa.
According to videos obtained by Kenyans.co.ke, the situation escalated to the point where Wamalwa brandished his gun to protect Pepela from Juma, with bystanders attempting to stop him from firing fire.
However, Juma refused to back down, constantly insisting, “Chris, we are not fighting,” claiming that they have no problem with Wamalwa but rather with Pepala, whom Juma alleges humiliated FORD party head Moses Wetang’ula.
However, the physically angry Wamalwa continuously shouted “tawe,” a Luhya language expression that means “no” or “refusal,” warning that there was no need for a fight inside the club.
“Please get out. Tawe, we cannot fight at the club. Get out. “Let us not disrespect each other,” Wamalwa stated.
“We greatly admire you, Chris, but who is Papela? He has been disrespecting the party leader, and we need to teach him a lesson. “Pepela is too much,” Juma replied.
Following the confrontation, Juma was seen being led out of the club by security staff, who begged him to leave before the situation deteriorated further.
Neither the former MP nor Wetang’ula’s office have commented on the situation.
The incident occurred a week after Kitutu Chache South MP Anthony Kibagendi physically confronted Kitutu Chache North MP during a funeral in Sensi Ward, Kisii County.
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