Cleophas Malalah has revisited the violent scene that befell the opposition convoy in Chwele, Bungoma County, during an opposition tour of the region on Friday, July 4, 2025.
Speaking on Saturday, July 5, 2025, during the burial of Rigathi Gachagua’s maternal aunt in Mathira, Malalah stated that plainclothes officers were part of the rowdy goons who targeted their convoy.
According to the politician, the officers targeted Gachagua himself after their car was stoned on the side where the former DP was seated.
Aimed at Gachagua
“Yesterday, we almost lost the life of our leader, Gachagua. We were seated with him. I was seated with him in one car. There were youths on the roads, and there were policemen among them. The plainclothes officers were armed with guns, and they were trying to aim at the DP car. The car was hit with a stone in the side where he (Gachagua) was seated,” he said.
The Western politician has therefore warned Ruto of mulling over any attempt to go after Gachagua.
“Ruto, be warned, if you touch Gachagua, you have touched the leader of Kenyans. You claim you are arresting goons but allow police officers to join goons with guns. We had our officers who ran out of ammunition while the goons and officers still had their ammunition on,” he stated.
The stoning incident happened while the Democracy for Citizens (DCP) Party leader Rigathi Gachagua was in Kimilili, in Bungoma County.
The former deputy president was in the area to drum up support for the United Opposition’s leaders in the run-up to the general election in two years.
Gachagua 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.
No place for violence
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 stated.
