Ichung’wa, Gitau, heckled as Nyandarua residents reject their speeches during Ruto tour
Ichung’wa and Gitau were heckled in front of the head of State as the residents did not want to listen to them.
National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wa and Nyandarua Women Representative Faith Gitau, had a rough time addressing residents of Nyandarua during President William Ruto’s tour in the county.
Ichung’wa, who is also the Kikuyu Member of Parliament, and Gitau were heckled in front of Ruto as the residents did not want to listen to them.
The majority leader, who was speaking in his native language, struggled with his speech as the crowd continued to jeer him, forcing him to cut short his address even as he declared that he would not be threatened by anyone.
“What we have said, no one will threaten us here in Ol Kalou and the entire Nyandarua. I am not usually threatened by anyone,” Ichung’wa stated in his short speech.
Gitau was also forced to prematurely end her speech as the hostility of the crowd grew.
Gitau, who is a staunch President Ruto supporter and a critic of former DP Rigathi Gachagua, told the crowd off, saying that even if they jeered her, they would still get help from the Kenya Kwanza administration.
“Even if you try to jeer at me, our help will come from the government. Some people had come here to mislead us. We shall not accept to be misled,” she stated amid wild jeers from the residents.
Despite the political undertones and unrest, the president focused on his development agenda for the tour as he announced that his administration would ensure the opening of Nyandarua University College, a constituent college of the University of Nairobi, by September this year.
“We are committed to bringing higher education closer to the people of Nyandarua. By September, Nyandarua University College will be operational,” the president stated.
The undertones come even as intelligence reports indicated that earlier on, bodaboda operators in Nyandarua were complaining of being given as low as Ksh 200 to attend, while those in counties visited by Ruto earlier were paid as high as Ksh 5,000.
