A Kenya Kwanza affiliated Member of Parliament, Didmus Barasa was forced to flee after angry residents of Bungoma cornered him in the function he was set to speak after voting yes to the Finance Bill 2024
In a video that has now gone viral, Didmus Barasa was forced to flee for his life after angry protesters in Bungoma stormed a burial he was attending and smoked him out of the function.
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The chaos ensued after Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha stood to address the congregation of which Barasa was part of. However, Susan speech was cut short when an angry mob stormed the event.
The event quickly turned chaotic after the locals surrounded the MP who was at the time seated in the front seeking to eject him from the event for voting in favour of the controversial Finance Bill.
The youths who were breathing fire accused the Kenya Kwanza politician of betrayal by voting in favour of the controversial Finance Bill 2024. Subsequently, the legislature ran for his life and took cover inside his vehicle as residents followed him angrily.
Barasa was part of the 204 Members of Parliament who voted ‘yes’ to the contentious bill despite a public call for the legislators to reject it.
This comes just a day after angry residents of Bondo stormed Gideon Ochanda’s office with a Coffin, signifying his political death for voting in favor of the bill and demanded his resignation.
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These events coms as the country’s political temperatures continue to heat up following the MPs approcal of the controversial Finance Bill 2024 that has proposed huge taxes that kenyans are up against.