This archive report was first published on 1 October 2019.
Westlands MP Timothy Wanyonyi's life took a dramatic turn 21 years ago when he was carjacked and left paralyzed. The incident occurred when he was fresh out of law school and working for his brother, Bungoma Senator Moses Wetangula, at his law firm Wetangula and Company Advocates.
On October 1, 2019, in an interview with Citizen TV, Wanyonyi recalled the traumatic experience, saying, “I had a young family, my children had just celebrated their first birthday, and my wife was not working. I was very new in the career, out of college saying when I get out there I want to be A, B, C, D I want to be like so and so.”
He was shot in the back and left for dead, but miraculously survived and was rushed to Aga Khan Hospital. Wanyonyi said, “That was the longest distance I have ever traveled in my life despite Ngara and Agha Khan being just a kilometer apart. It was so painful, it was like I was not going to make it.”
After being discharged, Wanyonyi resumed work but was frustrated as he was not assigned any work for nearly a year. He said, “In the office where I was working, they withdrew all my clients and files. I went to the office just to sit there. For more than a year I was in that office doing absolutely nothing.”
However, with the support of his wife, Wanyonyi was able to overcome the challenges and start his own law firm, Tim Wanyonyi and Company Advocates Commissioner for Oaths. He also became a member of parliament and is now eyeing the Nairobi gubernatorial seat in the next election.
