Manyatta Constituency Member of Parliament, Gitonga Mukunji, has not even let the dust settle before unleashing his rebuttal against Deputy President Kithure Kindiki after the latter claimed that Embu County had become a haven of political anarchy.
Speaking to a local TV station on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, the MP lashed out at the second-in-command, stating that whoever advises the DP is misleading him, as his intel about Embu being a hotspot for political violence was completely inaccurate.
He argued that the Deputy President had blatantly misrepresented Embu and that even if his claims were true, it was wrong for him to profile the county in such a manner—just as it would be for Kondele, which he mentioned in his remarks since all these regions are part of Kenya.
“I want to dissuade the Deputy President from painting Embu in the wrong light and from saying that Embu is the new Kondele. And I want to say this with all due respect—all the areas he mentioned are part of Kenya,” Mukunji asserted.
He was responding to remarks made earlier in the day by Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, who expressed his disappointment that Embu had seemingly taken over the long-held title of Kisumu’s Kondele—a region historically associated with political unrest and violence.
Kindiki, while addressing Tharaka Nithi leaders on Wednesday, January 29, 2025, claimed that certain leaders had been inciting central Kenya residents into acts of violence and disruption, creating a worrying trend in the region.
”I was utterly disheartened to see people burning each other’s property in Karatina. In Embu, for the first time. You know who owns that shop, yet you go ahead and set it ablaze. Dangerous politics fueled by poor leadership. And I am not saying leaders shouldn’t listen.
They should listen and seek solutions. Today, Kisumu’s Kondele, which used to be the most volatile area in Kenya, has been overtaken by Embu. There is a young man in Embu who thinks he’s famous, rallying youths to block roads,” Kindiki declared.
