Irungu Nyakera, the leader of the Kenya Kwanza alliance, is wanted by police for reportedly attacking his sister on Wednesday afternoon. The Farmers Party, which supports Deputy President William Ruto’s presidential campaign, is led by Mr. Nyakera at the national level.
Mr. Nyakera, a former principal secretary for housing, is also running for governor of Murang’a.
Mr. Nyakera ran into trouble after an amateur video of him and his sister, Ms. Joyce Wambui Njoki, arguing vehemently in a Kiambu County property surfaced on social media on Wednesday.
Ms. Njoki is also a Murang’a County Assembly nominee for the Jubilee party. A man in security gear begs the politician to calm down as Mr. Nyakera is seen smacking Ms. Njoki across the left ear. His aide is trying to stop him.
On Thursday evening, Ruiru sub-county police boss Cecilia Kemboi confirmed the search for Mr Nyakera “and we intend to apprehend and charge him for assault that caused actual bodily harm”.
Ms Kemboi said police are not interested in the differences that led to the assault because “there are competent ways of arbitrating civil disputes, ours as regards this incident being purely to accord the two justice before court after Ms Njoki officially complained to us”.
Ms Kemboi said the matter was reported at the Kahawa Sukari Police Station, where she was issued with medical forms to be filled out by a competent health practitioner ascertaining the degree of her injuries in the alleged assault.
“She had the forms filled and she filed them back, recorded her statement as well as those of witnesses and we are good to go,” she said.
“We are now after Mr Nyakera to arrest him and arraign him in court immediately the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) gives us the go-ahead.”
