The majority leader of the National Assembly, Kimani Ichung’wah, has refuted claims that he was responsible for the invasion of the Uhuru Kenyatta family’s Northlands City Farm in Ruiru, Kiambu County.
The outspoken politician explained to the media that his earlier comments, in which he warned of a potential raid by unidentified individuals on the former president’s property, had been misinterpreted. He acknowledged that he was expressing the worries the people of the Mount Kenya region had been expressing over the nation’s founding family for a very long time.
“I am a resident of Central Kenya, and I know what the people there are saying about the former first family. On Monday, March 20, I only relayed what the people of Mount Kenya had long been saying about the Kenyattas,” Inchung’wah told The Standard.
“The police can access my phone to establish whom I spoke to if I did any mobilization, or which places I visited on or before Monday, March 27. I’m ready to have an investigations file opened against me,” he went on.
The raid of Raila Odinga’s East Africa Spectre Gas plant and the terrible theft of dozens of sheep valued at up to Ksh70 million by hundreds of unidentified goons were both criticized by Ichung’wah, who also urged for investigations to find the perpetrators.
“Any act of anarchy, not only directed at the Kenyattas and the Odingas, but also mama mbogas and other ordinary citizens are unacceptable, and the perpetrators should be arrested and prosecuted.”
“I first saw on social media the reports claiming that unknown people had invaded the former president’s farm. That was around 11:30 am. I had to wait for mainstream media to verify and file accurate reports. It was after a local TV station aired live footage of what was happening at the farm that I got to know that the incident had indeed taken place,” Ichung’wah explained.
The politician had earlier claimed that Uhuru had sponsored the Azimio protests, implying that he would suffer reprisals from the public, particularly on the land his family owns.
“I want to ask our former president to respect other people’s property. If you cannot do that, we have so many questions to ask you starting with the land you occupy in Ruiru, Taita Taveta, and Nakuru. If you attack people’s property we will also attack your land and ensure those that do not have also get a share,” he stated on March 20, 2023.
Police are currently looking into the event in an effort to identify those responsible for the damages brought on by the daring incursions onto private property.
