Opposition supporters who pelt stones at political antagonists have been put on notice.
Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria on Tuesday said incidents of politicians allied to Jubilee being pelted with stones by opposition supporters has increased.
As such, it will be now “stones for live bullets”, he said in a facebook post. “Now we will use live bullets on stone throwers…mkirusha tunashoot (if you pelt stones we shoot).”
This follows an incident where Water CS Eugene Wamalwa was descended upon by rowdy opposition supporters at Mbale Municipal Grounds on Tuesday.
Wamalwa was gracing an event marking the cultural day for Maragoli community which was being led by ANC’s Musalia Mudavadi.
Trouble started when the CS arrived in his sleek black Toyota Prado and the crowd suddenly got charged and chanted ‘aende, aende’ (let him leave).
But a defiant and all smiley Wamalwa went ahead to take a seat at the dais next to Mudavadi.
Mudavadi’s speech could not be heard at all as the crowd continued with its chants that Wamalwa should leave.
He escorted the CS to his vehicle and they shook hands before he left. But at the exit, a group of people pelted his car with stones prompting the police to shoot in the air and lob teargas canisters to disperse the supporters.
The event went on calmly after Wamalwa left.
But Kuria now says that a “bullet is as good as a stone”.
In a separate post on facebook on Tuesday, he said: #A bullet is as good as a stone. #Mkirushatunashoot.”