An MP allied to Deputy President William Ruto was, on Sunday, April 5, forced to apologise after a video of him threatening a female police boss surfaced online.
It all started when the Kesses assistant sub-county police commander, Ceilia Kemboi, confronted the Kesses MP Mishra Swarup over a meeting he was holding contravening a government's ban on all gatherings.
The meeting was reportedly aimed at distributing food worth Ksh30 million to the elderly and the less fortunate in the region.
The police, however, took an issue with the manner in which the food was being distributed claiming that it was totally disregarding social distancing rule hence likely to spread the Covid-19 virus.
Accepting that the distribution procedure was unbecoming, Swarup expressed his remorse in how the exercise had turned chaotic.
"I personally, for that reason, am very remorseful, apologetic and asking for forgiveness because the officers are doing a good work surveying our constituency," he apologised.
The food, which was to be distributed to 12,000 people across the constituency, caught the eye of Uasin Gishu County Commander Abdirisak Jaldesa who termed the exercise as dangerous.
"From the concern of leaders and from what we have seen from the ground, it is very hectic to give this food to individuals because once a pick up comes to a center, everybody is there and we are going to endanger people as far as Corona issue is concerned.
"So I have suspended the exercise for immediate effect and we consult with the county emergency response committee which I co-chair with the governor (Jackson Mandago) so that we see how we can involve other stakeholders to get the best modality of delivering this food to the houses of affected individuals," stated Jaldesa.
In an earlier video, the MP had been recorded threatening the female police officer of replacing her arguing that the police needed to concentrate on providing more security.
"Now, this officer lady is saying that she was not aware of this meeting today. After all, how will we help? This is the time wee need security in my country.
"Tell her to cooperate or we will send a replacement, a good one. Put down the phone. Is that the way we work?" He was recorded saying.
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