Police officers were forced to intervene in an attempt to calm tensions after Members of Parliament allied to President William Ruto and those allied to the former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua clashed during a burial in Mathira, Nyeri County, on Wednesday.
Trouble began when the area MP, Eric Wamumbi, rose to address the mourners and accused Gachagua of using and dumping the Mathira women's chairlady, who was being laid to rest.
"We, as the people of Mathira, do not support Rigathi Gachagua in any way because he used and dumped this woman. That is the truth, and he should know that," Wamumbi stated.
Soon after, the polarised crowd began shouting at the legislator, with some supporting him, forcing him to end his speech prematurely.
Kirinyaga Senator James Murango, agitated by the accusations, rose from his seat, charging towards Wamumbi before he was stopped by police officers who were in plain clothes.
Supporters of the Nyeri youthful legislator formed a barrier between him as furious Murango broke into songs in the local dialect.
Mourners, stunned by the turn of events, started shouting at the political factions, urging them to take their political differences away from the funeral.
Wamumbi claimed that the former DP sent goons to the event together with his allied MPs, who included the Kirinyaga Senator and Women Rep Njeri Maina.
''This woman here was used by Gachagua and dumped, only for him to send goons and the two lawmakers Njeri and Murango to come and disrupt this event. I will not accept being intimidated; I cannot be intimidated," Wamumbi alleged.
Jumping to their defence, the Kirinyaga Senator dismissed the claims, insisting that the conflicts were influenced by the area MP.
''There should be no conflicts at burial services; all these problems have been brought about by Wamumbi, and you can see that is why he has been forced to sit down,'' Murango insisted.
The cleric presiding over the burial had earlier warned the two sides not to politic, only for them to ignore and turn to their daily trade.
The events come less than a week after Gachagua's event was stormed by rowdy goons during a Sunday church service at PCEA Mwiki in Nairobi.
