Calls have intensified for tough action to be taken against Mumias East MP Benjamin Washiali after he was caught on camera assaulting a man thought to be one of his constituents.
In a video recording that went viral on Sunday, Washiali was seen punching, kicking and slapping a helpless man who was allegedly caught siphoning fuel from a tractor in Mumias.
The action, however, was condemned by a section of leaders who called for the arrest of the MP, who is also the Majority Chief Whip in the National Assembly.
"Totally unacceptable! So, the young man is not supposed to have money? When he does, he is physically assaulted and brutalized. Ben Washiali should be publicly arrested and frog-Matched in shame by members of the public to Kodiaga Prison tomorrow," tweeted fiery lawyer Miguna Miguna.
Former Mukurwe-ini MP Kabando Wa Kabando blasted Washiali for assaulting an unarmed civilian and called for Jubilee Party to remove him from the chief whip position.
"Chief Whip assembles a Whip in a hamlet to Whip a villager. He is my good friend, but I think he’s Tangatangaring and wimping too much with a Whip and should urgently be DeWhipped and Whipped and ‘CANED’ into senses to whimper," Kabando posted.
Vocal lawyer Donald Kipkorir claimed the brutal action by Washiali, who is a close ally of Deputy President William Ruto, indicated what will happen if the DP and his allies rise to power in 2022.
"In between engaging in public heist, TangaTanga MPs revel in breaking the law; if not flouting traffic rules, it’s beating up IEBC officials, abusing State Officers and of late beating up fellow “hustlers” as Ben Washiali has done .... Imagine what they will do if they get State House," Kipkorir said.