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Kakamega MCAs bar MPs from speaking at funeral

The MCAs snatched a microphone from Mumias East MP Peter Salasya. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Kakamega MCAs disrupted the funeral of their slain colleague Stephen Maloba saying he died in a rally organised by an MP and that it would be disrespectful for legislators to mourn him.

The about 90 Ward reps at Munjiti Primary School where the funeral mass occurred also argued that most MPs in the region never condemned the April 1 killing where Maloba was stabbed in a rally at Khwisero and died on his way to the hospital.

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