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Engineers body condemns MP assault on Kenya Power staffer

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A snippet of a video that captured Kitui East MP Nimrod Mbai assaulting an Kenya Power engineer. [Twitter]

The Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) has condemned an incident where Kitui East Member of Parliament Nimrod Mbai was caught on video assaulting an engineer and member of staff at Kenya Power.

In the video, Mbai, who was armed, assaulted the engineer and could be heard hurling insults at him for purportedly leading a team in ejecting illegal power poles and installations within the vicinity of his home in Kitengela, Kajiado County.

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