Elgeyo Marakwet Senator Kipchumba Murkomen and City Lawyer Donald Kipkorir on Monday left people talking after a heated war on words.
The two were exchanging words on how each accumulated their wealth.
But what could be behind these two brewing enmity?
Both been lawyers from the rift and renown lawyers many are speculating power competition .
It all started when Kipkorir regretted that despite the communities in Rift Valley being represented in government for 41 years, the representation did not add much value to the lives of the people in the grassroots.
He added that claims from certain leaders that the war against corruption was targeting them were hypocritical.
Murkomen stepped in to allege that Donald expected former President Daniel Moi and Deputy President William Ruto to help the lawyer get listed on Forbes.
Donald responded that he had never asked for Moi’s help arguing that he did not have a godfather, “I pay my taxes …. And my taxes aren’t in thousands!”
Senate Majority Leader then challenged DBK to submit to a lifestyle audit in regard to allegations that Kipkorir’s firm was used to siphon public funds from parastatals during the Moi era.
In response, Donald stated that he was ready for an audit and accused Murkomen of being involved in multiple scandals.
A netizen, suggested that they take the information they have on each other to the concerned authorities, Murkomen replied “I am sure DCI and EACC are reading. They are always posting stuff on social media.”
They both went on to trade more graft accusation before reknown lawyer Ahmednassir Abdullahi intervened.
“Don and Murkomen are great lawyers. I don’t think it serves any useful purpose to debate what divides you on Twitter. I hereby declared an official ceasefire that takes effect at 12 noon today,” stated Abdullahi.