This archive report was first published on 18 July 2020.
On July 18, 2020, a tense standoff occurred in Kakamega when a team of security officers barricaded the road, preventing a meeting between MPs Benjamin Washiali and Charles Gimose.
The meeting, which had all the markings of a political rally, was scheduled to be held at Gimose's home in Hamisi constituency. However, the officers disrupted the gathering, citing COVID-19 protocols.
Former senator Boni attempted to force his way past the officers, grabbed a 20-liter jerrycan full of water, and poured it on one officer identified as the area OCP. The officer quickly dropped the heavy water container and dashed into the garden, with the policemen giving him a chase.
Onlookers watched the incident, shouting 'nyumba inaungua, nyumba inaungua' as the former senator ran away.
Addressing journalists after the disruptions, Washiali blamed the government for the disruptions, stating that they had no ill intentions in the failed meeting.
'We came here to condole with our colleague for losing his cousin Johnstone Kavuludi's mother; we didn't come for violence,' he disclosed.
