By BRIAN MUSYOKA 

The Deputy President spoke days after Mt Kenya elders gathered at Kirigiti Stadium in Kiambu County and declared him a unifying factor for the region.

The elders called for unity among the Gikuyu, Embu, Meru and Mbeere communities and urged the region to remain politically cohesive as the country heads towards the 2027 elections.

They also expressed support for President William Ruto’s administration, giving Prof Kindiki a fresh platform to rally the region behind the President.

Prof Kindiki said leaders should respect political differences but avoid turning them into divisions that weaken the region. He has repeatedly called for an end to attempts to split Mt Kenya along East-West lines, arguing that the communities have stronger historical, cultural and economic ties than the political differences separating them.

His appeal comes as political activity intensifies in the region, with rival political groups seeking to shape its political direction and claim influence ahead of 2027.

Prof Kindiki has now begun putting the elders’ directive into practice, combining his unity message with a series of development engagements across Mt Kenya East.

His first major engagements after the Kirigiti meeting included an inspection of works on the Mukothima-Gaciongo-Gatunga Road in Tharaka Constituency, Tharaka Nithi County.

He later addressed residents at Gaciongo Market during a public sensitisation event, using the engagements to link the call for unity with the Government’s development agenda.

The Deputy President has positioned roads, infrastructure and delivery of Government programmes as key components of his outreach, arguing that political leadership should ultimately be about improving people’s lives.

At Kirigiti, the elders urged Mt Kenya communities to maintain a common voice on matters affecting the region and rejected attempts to create separate political blocs.

Prof Kindiki’s immediate challenge is to translate the elders’ declaration into a broader reconciliation effort while persuading leaders across Mt Kenya to put aside personal political differences.

He is also expected to intensify his appeal for the region to remain united and support President Ruto as the 2027 political contest gathers pace.

By BRIAN MUSYOKA 

Speaking in Embu Town during the launch of a countywide distribution of computers to schools, Mundigi cautioned politicians and their supporters against infiltrating meetings organised by opposing political groups.

The Senator said such confrontations risk creating unnecessary tension, disrupting peaceful political engagements and threatening the stability of the county.

His remarks come days after chaos disrupted a UDA delegates’ meeting at Nembure Stadium that was attended by Deputy President Kithure Kindiki. Police said several people were injured and vehicles were torched during the confrontation. 

Mundigi urged political players to embrace tolerance and allow rival groups to conduct their meetings without interference, saying political differences should not be allowed to degenerate into violence.

He also appealed to members of the public to remain calm and exercise restraint as political activities intensify across Embu ahead of the 2027 elections.

The Senator maintained that leaders have a responsibility to set an example by respecting democratic space and allowing competing political views to coexist. He said the focus should remain on development and improving the lives of residents rather than creating unnecessary political confrontations.

The legislator called on the Kenyans to support the government of President William Ruto and his Deputy Prof Kithure Kindiki to deliver the Kenya Kwanza manifesto.

He called on Embu residents to reject violence and maintain peace, noting that political competition should never come at the expense of the county’s stability.

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Kitui County Police Commander Judy Kalondu said the vandalism not only endangers lives but also makes electricity outages recur often. "Today in the morning at around 7am we arrested four suspects who have been involved in vandalising transformers. They had equipment they have been using to destroy transformers as well as items they stole from transformers", she said.

The Kitui County police boss urged locals to cooperate with authorities in weeding out the activity which affects businesses in delivering services to people in the county.

By BRIAN MUSYOKA 

The victims, identified as Moses Munene and Mike Lewis, died during the confrontation that broke out at the UDA delegates meeting attended by Deputy President Prof Kithure Kindiki.

The postmortem exercise was conducted by pathologists drawn from the government and the Independent Medico-Legal Unit (IMLU) to establish the nature and extent of injuries sustained by the two men.

Dr Job Mwali represented IMLU during the exercise, which was led by Dr Rosemary Kamau, a pathologist at Embu Level 5 Hospital. According to the pathologists, Munene sustained a single gunshot wound to the head, with the bullet having both an entry and exit wound.

The experts said the gunshot caused extensive brain damage and fractures, with the medical conclusion being severe head injury secondary to a penetrating gunshot wound to the head.

The examination also established that Mike Lewis had a single gunshot wound to the right leg, which caused a compound fracture and massive hematoma.

The pathologists concluded that Lewis died from severe haemorrhage secondary to a penetrating gunshot wound.

The medical experts further said no bullet was retrieved from the bodies of the two victims because the bullets had passed through their bodies, leaving entry and exit wounds.

The postmortem findings are expected to form part of investigations into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of the two young men during the chaos at Nembure Stadium.

Family members who witnessed the postmortem exercise called for justice for their kin, saying they want the circumstances surrounding the shootings to be fully established.

The bereaved families said they were in deep pain following the loss of their loved ones and urged the relevant authorities to conduct thorough investigations and ensure that justice is served.

By BRIAN MUSYOKA 

Mukunji moved to court on September 15, 2026, seeking protection against possible arrest in connection with the September 12 incident, which left two people dead and property destroyed. 

Justice Magare Dennis Kizito Ngwono certified the application as urgent and directed that the respondents be served with the court papers by close of business on September 16.

The respondents have been given until September 23 to file their responses, with the matter scheduled to return to court on September 29 for directions.

Under the orders issued by the court, Mukunji is required to provide a Sh1 million bond or, alternatively, Sh500,000 cash bail. The court also directed that he report to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters in Nairobi on September 21.

Justice Ngwono, however, made it clear that the anticipatory bail does not stop the police or other investigating agencies from continuing with their inquiries or charging the MP if evidence supports such action. 

The court's intervention comes amid growing scrutiny over the events at Nembure, where a UDA delegates' meeting addressed by DP Kindiki descended into violence, resulting in deaths, injuries and destruction of vehicles. 

Mukunji has consistently denied any involvement in the confrontation and has condemned the violence, saying he should not be held responsible for the deaths and destruction witnessed at the venue.

In a letter to the National Police Service dated September 15,2026 through his lawyer Ndegwa Njiru, the MP has also questioned what he described as conflicting messages from government officials regarding whether he was a subject of police investigations.

His legal team said Mukunji was particularly concerned after Government Spokesperson Charles Owino publicly indicated that police were pursuing him over the Nembure incident, which they said differed from earlier statements attributed to police indicating that he was not under investigation. 

Mukunji has demanded what he described as a comprehensive, transparent and impartial investigation into the violence, insisting that the process should not be influenced by political considerations or selective prosecution.

The legislator has also called for investigations into the conduct of Kindiki, claiming that the Deputy President was heard issuing instructions to police officers during the meeting. Mukunji argues that the circumstances surrounding those alleged orders should also be examined as part of establishing what happened at Nembure.

He further accused security agencies of subjecting him and his family to intimidation and surveillance, and demanded that officers stop what he described as harassment around his home and the targeting of his family members. His lawyers have maintained that he is ready to cooperate with any lawful investigation and asked that any request for his attendance by police or the DCI be communicated through his advocates.