Hot political undertones as Kalonzo’s father buried

President Uhuru Kenyatta place a wreath of flowers on the crave of Mzee Peter Musyoka Mairu who is the Wiper Democratic Movement Leader Hon Kalonzo Musyoka's father at his farm in Kalimani, Tseikuru, Mwingi North. [Paul Mutua, Standard]

Heated political undertones and banters from government and opposition leaders played out yesterday as hundreds of Kenyans paid their last respects to the father of Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka.

A presidential promise for jobs for opposition figures, Nasa co-principal Musalia Mudavadi’s caution against “unaccounted generosity”, and opposition chief Raila Odinga’s defence of the “handshake” were the hallmarks of the burial at the Tulimani village home of Mzee Peter Musyoka Mairu.