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Flexing of muscles as MPs react to the Butere Girls' spectacle

Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba condemned the attack on the Butere Girls's drama team. [File, Standard]

Parliament on Thursday became a battlefield of political factions that took advantage of the Butere Girls spectacle to flex a semblance of ideological muscle.

This played out as legislators allied to former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua condemned the attack on the school's drama team terming it an affront to free expression while their opponents, loyal to President William Ruto castigated politicians for trying to weaponize drama in schools.

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