Kandara MP Alice Wahome, on the morning of Monday, March 16, narrated her unfortunate encounter with thugs along Nairobi streets while heading to an NTV interview.
While appearing as a guest on AM Live, the outspoken lawmaker narrated that the daring thugs boldly went after her car while she was stuck in traffic at Westlands roundabout in Nairobi.
They later made away with her car's side-mirror ignoring her frantic attempt to scare them away by knocking on her car window.
Wahome was driving herself when the early-morning incident occurred as she continues to fight to have her bodyguards who were withdrawn on February 3, reinstated.
"This morning at around 6:15 a.m. on my way to town, I was attacked at the roundabout of Westlands. I was driving myself today and there are these fellows who come and attack your vehicle on the side and he ran away with my side-mirror.
"I am saying this because I think the police need to find out who are these fellows and do something about it. There was slight traffic around the roundabout and [motorists] were are not moving," she narrated.
"It was very early and today morning was very dark and he just came to my car and I saw somebody struggling. I tried knocking on the window to frighten him but I saw he managed to run away with the side mirror.
"I still do not have security up to now and I think these are some of the things that are not good," she continued.
The encounter was just a pile-up of her woes since losing her security. While suing Interior CS Fred Matiang'i on Thursday, February 13, Wahome argued that she could no longer effectively undertake her duties as Member of Parliament.
The legislator also stated that she was living in fear of attacks based on the nature of her duties as a parliamentarian representing Kandara Constituency.
In his defence, Matiang'i explained that the withdrawal of bodyguards was not as a result of any political affiliation.
Matiang'i explained that he had no hand in the changes adding that even his colleagues had been affected.
"It’s not right to say we are targeting certain individuals. It’s police commanders who are doing their work, Some people are insulting me and MPs about bodyguards. Police and security realignment started a long time ago. Some cabinet secretaries also had their bodyguards changed.
"It’s the security of the government business unit that is in charge of bodyguards and VIP protection. It could happen to you today. It’s wrong to say people in government are being targeted,” he explained at the time.
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