Marakwet East MP Kangogo Bowen and hundreds of locals on Wednesday afternoon survived a bandit attack that left two people seriously injured.
While on the campaign trail on , hundred of bandits opened fire on the locals gathered, injuring two people.
The lawmaker narrated that there was gunfire from all directions and that it was by the grace of God that he survived the ordeal. The MP and his campaign team scampered for safety, hiding in the nearby rocks as the bandits fired indiscriminately.
In the 30-minute siege, Mr Stephen Rotich, 38, and Mr Evans Cheserek,19, suffered serious injuries in the legs and left jaw respectively.
“It was the rocks that gave us cover and helped us escape a massacre. There was gunfire from all directions and it is by the grace of God that we survived,” the MP a local daily on phone.
He said the political meeting was just starting with a word of prayer when hell broke loose and everyone ran in different directions.
“Police came late after I made frantic calls. GSU officers were dispatched and ended the siege. We are calling on the government to deploy police reservists down here because they are always with locals,” he said.
He has pleaded with the government to deploy more police reservists in the area to aid in such situations.
“Police came late after I made frantic calls. GSU officers were dispatched and ended the siege. We are calling on the government to deploy police reservists down here because they are always with locals,” he said.
Marakwet East Deputy County Commander Simeon Osumba said the injured were evacuated and referred to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret.
“Police have been deployed to the area and we are optimistic calm will be restored,” he said.
Mr Bowen claimed more than 100 people had been killed in the region in the past six months.
