Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua sheds tears as he narrates woes

KENYA: Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua stunned a crowd at a political rally in Machakos town over the weekend when he shed tears narrating how his detractors were out to finish him politically.

Addressing more than 2,000 leaders from Kitui County at the People's Park who had visited him, Dr Mutua said some top ranking politicians from Ukambani were ganging up to destabilise him politically over his good cause to eradicate poverty in Ukambani.

The emotion forced the governor to briefly cut off his speech as Kitui South MP Rachael Nyamai and her Kilome counterpart Regina Ndambuki intervened to console him by giving him handkerchiefs to wipe his tears as the enthusiastic crowd watched in confusion.

The scenario forced the crowd to stand up and start shouting and cursing those behind the governor's tribulations, with some asking 'how can you subject such an innocent man to this kind of torture and humiliation'.

When he regained composure, Mutua said he was so disturbed by the problems the Kamba community was facing yet some people were mistaking it for something else.

"My conscience is very clear. All I want is better welfare for the Kamba people and not any seat at all as my detractors are thinking," he said.

This comes days after Mutua and Wiper Partly leader Kalonzo Musyoka's camps drew daggers in a fight that seems like it will not end any time soon.

Without naming names, Mutua said the politicians were conducting meetings day and night to strategise on how to bring him down over the ongoing Maendeleo Chap Chap campaign in the region.