Speaker of the National Assembly, Moses Wetang’ula, has responded to accusations by Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka that he may have had a hand in the goon attack in Bungoma, which left several cars damaged.
In a statement on Friday, July 4, 2025, Wetang’ula said that he was in Mombasa and had nothing to do with the violence that was meted out on the cars of opposition leaders visiting the Chwele area.
“Kalonzo Musyoka, my brother, as you have correctly addressed me, stop your misplaced anger and transferred malice. I am in Mombasa. Keep out of your angry politics. In case your memory fails you, I was last a constituency MP in 2013,” Wetang’ula stated.
Kalonzo condemns violence
Kalonzo on Friday, July 4, 2025, condemned violence meted out on the cars of opposition politicians during their stop in Chwele in Bungoma County.
Several cars in the convoy were attacked by people wielding crude weapons and stones, leaving car windows shattered in the melee that ensued.
In a statement on Friday, July 4, 2025, Kalonzo observed that the violence they witnessed in Chwele was part of the dying embers of primitive politics that no longer have a place in the country.
“What we witnessed in Chwele was the dying embers of the practice of primitive politics in Kenya. The United Opposition won’t be intimidated by your # WanTam-sanctioned stone-throwing goons. Not now, not today, not ever,” Kalonzo said.
“Speaker Wetang’ula’s state-sponsored goons throwing stones and firing bullets under the protection of Riot Police did not deter our March to Kitale. The message from Butula to Bungoma to Kimilili to Kiminini to Kitale is the same as Vihiga and Bungoma yesterday: #WanTam!” Kalonzo noted.
“The United Opposition Western tour has affirmed the sentiments loudly and openly stated by the rest of the country that Ruto must go,” he added.
Cars damaged
This came just hours after Gachagua also shared photos of part of the entourage that was damaged by unknown people, who were seen in the Chwele area with batons, stones and other crude weapons.
In a statement, Gachagua indicated that violence has no place in the country, and that leaders who resort to brutality undermine the very foundations of good governance and true democracy.
“The people of Kimilili Constituency in Bungoma County have spoken loudly and clearly: violence and extrajudicial killings have no place in our society. Governments that thrive on violence are short-lived and lack legitimacy,” Gachagua said.
