A member of the Kenyan Parliament
representing Wajir East, Rashid Kassim, has been arrested hours after allegedly
assaulting Wajir County Woman Representative Fatuma Gedi, according to NAN.
Wajir Woman Representative Fatuma
Gedi was allegedly beaten up on Thursday morning by Wajir East MP Rashid Amin
in the parliament building.
It is alleged that Gedi engaged
him in a heated discussion before she was assaulted by the MP.
The MP demanded to know why Gedi,
who is a member of the budget committee, did not allocate any money to his
Wajir East constituency.
“He called me stupid and nonsense
and then he beat me. I was shocked, I could not believe it. He came again and
hit me.
“I told him that Wajir County was
only allocated Ksh100 million and we had to allocate money to only areas of
priority to the region like water and roads but he told me that was nonsense,”
she highlighted.
The Home Bay Woman Representative
confirmed she was present during the incident citing, they were heading to the
Protection House when Amin met her.
“They started to converse in
Somali so I just stood by to wait for Gedi. A few minutes into the conversation
I just saw him hitting Gedi on the cheek, she was crying and bleeding. I didn’t
know what could lead to that.
“I was surprised that a colleague
can assault a female member,” Wanga narrated.
Gedi was then taken to the Karen
Hospital for treatment.
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