Wednesday, September 11, 2024 – Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung’aro and former Gender Cabinet Secretary Aisha Jumwa's supporters clashed on Monday.
The clash occurred after Aisha
Jumwa gatecrashed the popular Chenda Chenda festival and disrupted its whole
agenda.
The Chenda Chenda festival is a
cultural festival where tribes come to showcase their culture.
The organizers of the events had
already booked the venue and set up the dais, however, Aisha Jumwa set up a
parallel dais opposite the festival and used that opportunity to hijack high-profile
visitors streaming to the event.
Temperatures cooled down after
Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary CS Salim Mvurya arrived. At this point,
Aisha Jumwa tried to convince him to join her at her dais.
The CS refused after which the
whole situation escalated. According to reports, the brawl was so intense that
they ended up dismantling the public address system.
Reacting to the brawl, the
Kilifi Governor expressed his disappointment in the unfortunate events, which
he claims were politically instigated.
He called on the former CS to
wait until 2027 to take the conflict to the ballot.
"Whoever you are and
whatever position you hold or used to hold in government doesn't matter, I will
crush you if you mess with me. Wait until 2027,” Mung’aro told Jumwa.
The leaders have accused Aisha
Jumwa of neglecting the community when she was a Cabinet Secretary but wants
to be recognized now after she was fired.
Jumwa and Mung’aro were
competitors during the 2022 general elections. They were both vying for the
Kilifi Gubernatorial seat, where Mungaro won.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
0 Comments