An injured Mumias MCA candidate after chaos erupted in Mumias on June 11, 2017. PHOTO/nation.co.ke
A Kakamega senatorial candidate was on Sunday attacked by armed youths in Matawa sub-location of Mumias West in an incident that left one MCA aspirant with deep panga cuts on the head.
Amani National Congress (ANC) senatorial candidate Cleophas Malala, Mumias Central MCA Suleiman Odanga and his rival Charles Odanga of ANC were forced to run for their lives when an angry crowd attacked them.
The trio had attended a church function at the St Romano’s Catholic Church in Matawa, before the attack occurred.
While Mr Malala blamed Jubilee's Mumias West MP candidate Rashid Mohammed for the incident, Odanga’s supporters accused Suleiman of being the mastermind behind the attack.
“One of the youth approached me and cautioned me against talking ill of Rashid. But I want to appeal to my brother Rashid to understand that those who live by the sword will die by the sword,” said Mr Malala.
“How comes it is only Odanga who was attacked and seriously injured and his vehicle badly destroyed in the attack?" he posed.
“This must be a plot by Suleiman because he kept moving out of the church to communicate on phone,” claimed Juma Okumu.
“Most of those youth are staunch supporters of Mr Suleiman and there is no way he can escape blame,” said Mr Okumu.