Bungoma County Commissioner Samuel Kimiti has now urged embattled Kimilili Member of Parliament Didmus Barasa to surrender before the police following an incident where he allegedly shot and killed his opponent’s bodyguard.
Mr. Kimiti, speaking to Citizen TV on Tuesday night, said the MP had gone into hiding soon after the incident, further urging him to also surrender his firearm.
The County Commissioner seemingly intimated to the legislator to avoid the drama that would surround his arrest should the police nab him after presumably subjecting them to a cat-and-mouse game.
“We have ordered the police to hunt for the MP, because after he did that he just disappeared and the police are now pursuing him. But we’re telling him to surrender himself before we get a hold of him. This young man died, not because of his own fault, but because of the mistake of a leader,” said Mr. Kimiti.
“We’re telling him to surrender himself and also surrender the firearm because the ammunition is not supposed to be used to cause harm to other people. That is a misuse of a firearm, and therefore we will also confiscate it.”
The County Commissioner also urged Bungoma residents to aid the police with any information leading to Barasa’s arrest, however cautioning them against taking action on their own.
He sought to assure the residents of peace and calm as vote counting continues, saying the security forces will do everything in its power to avoid a similar incident.
“I want to appeal to the people of Bungoma to hold themselves because the government is following up on this case. We’re going to make sure that the culprit is arrested as soon as possible,” he said.
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