Kitui Governor Charity Ngilu ordered that Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria be ejected from the VIP dais as the lawmaker, who arrived “late” for the meeting, attempted to get a seat at the podium.
Kuria arrived at the venue -- Kitui Stadium -- at around 1:30pm, when the meeting had already begun.
At the time of his arrival, Makueni Govenor, Kivutha Kibwana, was addressing the gathering.
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Kuria, who arrived in the company of Elgeyo-Marakwet Senator, Kipchumba Murkomen, went straight to the VIP dais, and requested he and Murkomen be given seats.
The MP and the senator were, ostensibly, told that all seats were occupied, and, therefore, they had to look for alternative places to position themselves as the meeting continued.
That request did not augur well with Kuria, who insisted that he wanted to sit where other MPs, governors and leaders were.
A resultant push-and-pull arose, with Kuria standing his ground, and the security officers, on the other hand, obeying orders to have Kuria and his team ejected from the dais.
A seemingly irritated host governor Charity Ngilu took the microphone from Kivutha Kibwana and ordered that Moses Kuria be removed from the rally.
“Nobody will abuse President Uhuru Kenyatta, and still be allowed to attend my meeting... Atolewe, aende [Eject him, let him go],” shouted Ngilu as security-men tried to guide Kuria out of the VIP dais.
Kuria, however, moved round and round the area, vowing to remain put.
ODM leader Raila Odinga and his Wiper Party counterpart, Kalonzo Musyoka, were seen waving their hands up and down to signal that they were calling for peace to prevail, and imploring upon the security officers to go easy on Kuria.
The Gatundu South MP was, however, given a seat right behind Raila Odinga, and the chaos subsided instantly.
Kuria and Murkomen are vocal supporters of Deputy President William Ruto’s ideology, and were, initially, perceived to be against the BBI agenda.
