Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria was on Friday pressured to cut short his speech in Nyeri after some mourners began to chant anti-government slogans.
Kuria was on the funeral of politician Maina Wanjigi, Kamukunji’s five-term Member of Parliament and a long-serving Cabinet Minister.
The ceremony was being held in Kianjoya, Nyeri county.
The CS had barely spoken for 2 minutes when he was rudely interrupted with the chants.
“Asante sana, thank you very much,” Kuria mentioned and went to sit down following the chants.
The CS was interrupted as he was telling mourners that Wanjigi’s place in Kenya’s historical past can’t be erased.
“I have come here because the history of the nation cannot be erased. In the history of this country, the place of Maina Wanjigi is cast in stone,” he mentioned simply earlier than the chants began.
MPs, principally from the ruling Kenya Kwanza coalition who voted for the controversial Finance Bill, 2024 have been dealing with assaults from offended protesters.
Kibwezi MP Mwengi Mutuse is amongst lawmakers who’ve been confronted and chased away from a public occasion by offended constituents.
The lawmaker had attended a funeral in his constituency when drama unfolded as irate residents turned their wrath on him.
Various lawmakers who supported the Bill have since taken a hasty retreat and apologised to Kenyans for not listening to them.
Despite the apology, the general public has not relented on their anger on the MPs who ignored the favored name to reject the Bill.
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has come to the defence of the MPs who voted ‘Yes’ for the Bill.
According to Gachagua, the MPs had been solely doing their job and so they shouldn’t be punished or harassed by the individuals.
The DP insisted that governments are shaped by events, which elected leaders should at all times assist in any programme introduced to Parliament.