'Aende asiende', Ruto allies clash with Sifuna supporters at Bungoma funeral

The battle for the Western Kenya vote intensified after allies of President William Ruto clashed with supporters of Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna during a funeral in Bumula, Bungoma County.

A photo collage of Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna and President William Ruto. Photo/Courtesy

Nominated Senator Connie Wakwabubi was booed by mourners as she addressed the burial of Josephine Namukabo, the mother of former Bumula MP Bifwoli Wakoli, before area MP Jack Wamboka grabbed her microphone and declared the region’s support for Sifuna’s one-term campaign.

Wakwabubi attempted to rally support for Ruto but faced resistance from a section of mourners, forcing her to seek Wamboka’s intervention to allow her to conclude her speech.

“Ruto, Ruto, Ruto, Ruto, Ruto,” Wakwabubi chanted as she sought to make her point.

However, Wamboka took the microphone and urged her to leave, declaring that the region did not want Ruto’s politics.

Source: Citizen Digital