A section of women in Mombasa County had threatened to hold nude protests after former Deputy Governor Hazel Katana claimed she was being harassed.
Ms Katana in 2017 shocked many by being the first sitting deputy governor to defect from the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) to Jubilee Party.
Her supporters held demonstrations at Uhuru Gardens claiming that Ms Katana was being undermined, intimidated and harassed by county officials after she parted ways with Mombasa Governor Hassan Joho and joined Jubilee.
The women while addressing journalists demanded that the male leaders should respect their female counterparts.
“We will strip naked and demonstrate in the streets if the deputy governor is disrespected and demeaned again. Let it be the last time. She is not alone. We are with her,” said Ms Fatuma Atemi, one of the protesters.
Another protester, Ms Aisha Mwidani, claimed that furniture from the former’s deputy governor’s office was removed by county officials so that she could be implicated with robbery.
“We have boycotted prayers and we have asked God for forgiveness because of the humiliation Ms Katana endures. She is really suffering,” said Ms Mwidani.
Ms Katana run for the senatorial seat on a Jubilee ticket during the 2017 General Elections but she lost.
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