Gatundu South lawmaker Moses Kuria with NASA's Raila Odinga. Photo/the-star.co.ke
Gatundu South lawmaker Moses Kuria has dismissed claims that he incited goons to disrupt a rally by NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga in Thika on Thursday.
Raila cut short his campaigns in Thika town after rowdy youths stoned his motorcade.
Police fired teargas canisters to disperse the violent youths.
Kuria has distanced himself from the violence saying that he was in the Coast region when the incident occurred.
“I did not plan the Thika violence on Raila...I was in the Coast region at the time, busy snatching votes from Raila. I have convinced a lot of people in this region and they are now supporting Jubilee. The Coast region is now Jubilee," he said.
The legislator noted the Jubilee team has been campaigning peacefully and that Raila should follow their example.
“Raila has been speaking about the Kiambu incident only. His Kisumu supporters stoned President Uhuru Kenyatta but he is not speaking about it. He should tell his supporters to stop violence,” he said in Voi during Jubilee's 'Mbele Iko Sawa' campaigns.