This archive report was first published on 5 July 2019.
On July 4, 2019, a public meeting in Elburgon, Molo Constituency, turned chaotic when Molo MP Kuria Kimani arrived drunk.
The meeting, chaired by Molo Deputy County Commissioner David Wanyonyi, was meant to discuss the increased sale and consumption of illicit brews.
Residents present at the meeting expressed their shock and disappointment when the MP, accompanied by his aides and supporters, stumbled to the podium in a drunken state.
"We were shocked to learn that our MP was totally drunk and out of his senses, his speech was slurred and incoherent as he sought to address the crowd," said a resident, Mr John Kariuki.
Kimani was whisked away by police and his security detail after a section of angry residents threatened to beat him up.
However, in a telephone conversation with the Nation, Kimani denied being drunk, attributing the claims to his political opponents.
