Mwingi Central MP Joe Mutambu threatens counterpart with gun

Mwingi Central MP Joe Mutambu has accused his counterpart from Bura North Constituency Ali Wario of being behind the killings happening at the border between Kitui and Tana River counties.

The MP made the allegations after the Bura North MP threatened him with a gun yesterday (Thursday) and barred IEBC officers from Mwingi from registering residents at Mwanzele market, which is situated in Mwingi East Sub County.

Joe Mutambu had taken the voter registration drive to Mwanzele market which is inhabited by people from both Somali and Kamba communities before his fellow legislator from Bura arrived and interrupted the exercise while accusing Mutambu of being a thief.

Mwingi Central MP and the IEBC officials were forced to flee the area after the crowds became hostile to them and started pelting them with stones.

Mutambu has since reported the matter at Ukasi Police Station where he recorded a statement claiming that his life is in danger.

He has called upon the Kenya police boss Joseph Boinnet to lodge immediate investigations against the MP for threatening him with a gun and ensure that the legislator faces the full force of the law.

Mutambu has given members of the Somali community who are grazing their camels in the farms belonging to the Kamba people a 14-day ultimatum to leave.

However, Bura North MP Ali Wario said that he would not be scared by Mutambu, calling him a thief who has come to steal his votes and adding that his people would not vacate the area.