Politicians exchange bitter words during the burial of Senator Kabaka
Politics on the handshake between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga dominated speeches at the burial of Machakos Senator Boniface Kabaka in a ceremony marred with tensions, long irritating speeches and breach of protocol.
Leaders from both sides of the political divide traded accusations and exchanged bitter words before the grieving family, in a shameful display of confrontations over the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI).
The Kabaka family and the clergy watched helplessly as the politicians traded barbs and exchanged bitter words in front of the casket bearing the senators’ remains, until 5.30pm.
THE STANDARD By
Saturday Standard Team |
December 12th 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Machakos Senator Boniface Mutinda Kabaka, who died yesterday, burst into the political scene in 2013 when he threw his hat into the ring for the Machakos senatorial seat.
He lost to Johnstone Muthama.
Kabaka
(pictured), a lawyer, would then be recruited by Machakos governor Alfred Mutua as the governor’s principal advisor on legal issues. His stint at the County Government of Machakos was, however, short-lived and he left office two years later.
He made a political comeback in 2017, clinching Machakos senatorial seat on a Chama Cha Uzalendo (CCU) party ticket at a time when the Wiper Democratic Movement party wave was sweeping across Ukambani.