MP Splashes Cash to Enter Parliament

Members of Bunge la Mwananchi protest

Kenyan Parliamentarians have had a difficult time entering Parliament today when citizens angry at the government's failure to cushion the ordinary citizens from the pangs of 'manufactured inflation' lead to protests outside Parliament.


Protestors drawn mainly from Bunge la Mwananchi formed a human blockade to the entry of the Parliament prompting every member entering to roll up their car black-tinted windows to conceal them from the sharp eyes of the 'hungry' protestors. 


Others who walking in from their offices across the street at Continental House found themselves face to face with the angry citizens shouting 'Unga for Thirty and Hatutaki condoms, we want Unga'.


Ol Kalau MP Erustus Mureithi had to throw money in the air, sending bewildered protesters to a scamper for the currency notes, as his bodyguards whisked him away into the safety of the Parliament compounds. 


It was Hon Namwamba's phone that went with the protesters according to a policeman who witnessed it and an attempt by one of the protesters to sneak a finger into Deputy Seaker Farah Maalim's back pockets that marred the noble cause today in Nairobi.


Maalim's quick reflex helped him as he jerked powerfully to face the thief behind him, who had now retreated into the mob.


The convoy of Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka made a U-turn never to turn back, and so was Charity Ngilu's car chauffered by a lady.


'It was a protest that sent the message as we intended it.' Fred Odhiambo of Bunge la Mwananchi shouted into the loudspeaker.


The march that began inside Uhuru Park around midday gathered momentum as the people marched through the city centre, with a prayer around the statue of Dedan Kimathi. They marched along to the Ministry of Finance where they demanded that the minister (Uhuru Kenyatta) address them, an effort in futility. The y later marched to the PM's office and to Office of the President.

At Parliament gate, there was a scamper among the protesters when a group went away to Nyayo House to protest against the petroleum price hikes.


Yesterday, the government announced that tax on kerosene had been scrapped temporarily which did not go down well with the citizens.


They demanded that the Vice president refunds the money used on the so called 'shuttle diplomacy 'with interest' and an immediate resettlement of IDPs.