The family of Allan Makanda, the man who nearly disrupted the late President Mwai Kibaki's funeral last week, has distanced itself from the behaviour of their son.
According to a report by TV47, Allan's mother Consepta Makanda noted that she was shocked to watch her son's dramatic scenes.
She attributed the change of behaviour to poverty and unemployment as her son has not been home in Kanduyi constituency, Bungoma County since 2018.
Consepta noted that her son had left home in 2016 after scoring a C+ in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exams.
"Poverty has delved him to resort to such measures. Maybe his luck in finding job opportunities has not been fortunate and it is Kibaki's regime that brought about the free primary education hence he emulates him," she stated.
The father, on the other hand, pointed out that the family had no clue what their son did in Nairobi. He reflected to a time in 2018 when Allan showed up back home in 2018 with a few friends noting that they were his colleagues in an acting skit.
"I was perplexed to know that my son is doing things contrary to the law," the father claimed.
Allan caught the attention of the country when he stripped and uncontrollably cried while the public was viewing the body of the former President outside Parliament on Tuesday, April 26.
He further drew attention to himself after claiming that Kibaki was his biological grandfather.
"I have been living with a mentality that I am a distant grandchild of Kibaki so give me a chance to see his body."
"People used to call me 'Kibaki'. From the time I came to Nairobi in 2016 till now, people still call me 'Kibaki' (mjukuu wa Kibaki)," he alleged.
Days later, he interrupted the late president's State Funeral at Nyayo National Stadium when he approached the podium where the clergy was seated and requested to be granted permission to address the congregants.
"He is a Kenyan and a son of our nation. He is emotional at the loss of our President. Treat him well," Archbishop Anthony Muheria who was leading the session pleaded with security officers before he was whisked away.
