A man who beat Cord leader Raila Odinga and governor Salim Mvurya in Kinango market Monday is arrested Photo/Alloys Musyoka
Cord's Okoa Kenya rally in Kinango market in Kwale was interrupted briefly on Monday when a man stormed the meeting and started attacking Cord leader Raila Odinga and other coalition leaders using a stick.
Odinga and other leaders, including Kwale governor Salim Mvurya, Senator Juma Boy, Hassan Omar, Agnes Zani, James Orengo, Johnstone Muthama and MPs Hassan Mwanyoa and Zulekha Juma, were dancing when the drama started.
The old man managed to sneak among dancers and hit both Raila and Mvurya twice with the stick before bodyguards overpowered him. It was not immediately established why the man hit Raila.
Both Raila and Mvurya aides were nowhere in sight when their bosses were being punished for mistakes they didn't know. Kwale county publicity officer Omar Mwagao later wrestled the man to the ground.
Mwagao snatched the stick as the man attempted to land yet another blow at the governor who was astonished by the turn of events as Raila watched.
The man was later handed to police for questioning.
Kinango AP commander Peter Musyoka said they could not arrest and lock the man because he was mentally ill.
“We cannot arrest a mad person because we know him very well,” he told The Star.
Raila and his team later addressed the rally during their campaign in Kinango before heading to Mwangulu, LungaLunga and Diani.
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