Saturday, May 18, 2024 - Chaos erupted in Kiganjo, Thika, on Friday during the groundbreaking ceremony for a new market after supporters of Thika MP Alice Ng'ang'a and Kamenu ward MCA Peter Mburu faced off over the construction of the Kiganjo market within Kamenu ward, with both leaders claiming credit for the project.
Alice
Ng’ang’a was accompanied by UDA MPs among them National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani
Ichung’wah (Kikuyu), Gabriel Kagombe (Gatundu South), and Elijah Njoroge
(Gatundu North).
Hell broke loose when Ng'ang'a and her
colleagues arrived at the venue to officially ground-break the project.
A group of youth,
reportedly mobilized by the MCA, had stationed themselves at the site and began
hurling stones at the MPs.
The altercation
intensified as the youth, determined to prevent the ceremony, used stones to
repel the MPs
and their supporters.
Kimani
Ichung’wa was spotted running for his dear life after stones started flying all
over.
He
was quickly whisked from the scene and thereafter went to receive the president at the
airport
The violence and ensuing melee effectively disrupted the planned handover of the market construction site to the contractor.
Watch the video
VIDEO: Stones were flying in the air when Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wa accompanied other mps to launch the construction of Kiganjo market in Thika. Kimani was quickly taken out of the scene and thereafter went to receive the president at the airport. #NgigeUpdates pic.twitter.com/P0YtBynORA
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