Former Vitimbi actress Eunice Wambui, known by her stage name Nyasuguta, was over the weekend rushed to hospital after being attacked and seriously beaten by four men while she was campaigning in Nairobi.
Nyasuguta is currently campaigning to get the Jubilee party ticket as she hopes to become the next Embakasi South MP.
On Saturday, while heading for a political meeting with a women’s group in Mukuru Kwa Njenga, the actress was assaulted by four men who appeared to have been sent by her political rivals.
"Three men attacked me as one of them kept watch. They punched my face and hit me with a wooden rod on my neck and back. I kept telling them, take the money I had but they did not steal anything from me. One of them even told me, 'Hatuna njaa ya pesa (We have no need for money).' They later told me that 'Embakasi iko na wenyewe' (Embakasi has its owners)," Nyasuguta narrated her ordeal.
As a result of the attack, she started bleeding from her ears before being rushed to the hospital where a doctor checked her for internal bleeding.
The actress-turned-politician also suffered bruises on her face and is facing breathing difficulties. She has, however, been discharged.
Nyasuguta assured her supporters that the attack would not dampen her resolve to clinch the parliamentary seat.
"At first I was so scared and I even wanted to call it quits, but my supporters in Embakasi have told me to continue soldiering on. They have my back. The sabotage has gotten so bad to the point where I find my car had been vandalised when I would go to check on the various projects I'm working on at the constituencies. Nowadays I just use a taxi,” she stated.
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