The recent visit to Kisii by President Uhuru Kenyatta, his Deputy William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga has exposed the political under currents and mistrusts among local leaders.
It has now emerged that fights, political supremacy and suspicion between some politicians and senior government technocrats from the Abagusii community resulted in tensions ahead of the visit.
In one instance, MPs from Nyamira County had resolved to boycott the President’s high profile visit after an earlier scheduled tour of their county was left out of the programme.
According to Sunday Standard, the MPs had agreed to skip the event, but some of them later decided to attend.
On Thursday, West Mugirango MP Vincent Kemosi said they had agreed not to attend the functions in Kisii but claimed his colleagues betrayed him and turned up for the meeting.
According to Kemosi, a first-time MP, the plan was occasioned by a last-minute change of the President’s itinerary by some political forces.
Over the weekend, he said, Governor John Nyagarama, Senator Eric Okong’o, MPs Shadrack Mose (Kitutu Masaba), Ben Momanyi (Borabu), Jerusha Momanyi (Woman Representative) and himself met at a hotel in Kisii town where the idea to boycott the tour was mooted.
He also cited political aggression from a section of politicians from Kisii County, which he said would not allow them to present their views in the “neighbour’s land”.