By Team
Deputy Governor Joseph Oyugi Magwanga has said leaders must not allow politics and leadership disagreements to descend into bloodshed, intimidation and revenge.
In a press statement to the media, Oyugi wrote, “Let me be clear, we cannot and must not allow our politics or leadership disagreements to descend into bloodshed, intimidation and revenge. A society that allows violence to become a tool of resolution is a society on the brink.
Violence begets violence, and if we don’t put a stop to it, the cycle will consume all of us.
Let us choose dialogue over destruction, peace over panic, and unity over ugly division,” he said.
He termed the attack on his vehicle as cowardly but expressed concern that the office he holds and the increasing worrisome trend of political violence, especially targeting leaders in Kasipul constituency, was alarming and troubling.
However, Magwanga called for calm to allow the police to investigate the matter and asked the public to stop speculation.
Magwanga, who is the Homa Bay County deputy Governor, advised the members of the public to refrain from speculation that could heighten tensions or derail the investigations by the police
Magwanga’s security details reported the incident at Oyugis police station.
In the report, they wrote that on their way home, they spotted two suspicious people hiding in a nearby bush some 300 metres from the deputy governor’s home, and when they confronted them, they took off.
This prompted them to shoot at them, but they managed to escape.
 “Scene has been combed, but no suspect, and any cartridge case found,” the report read.
The incident barely comes days after the heinous murder of Kasipul MP Charles Ongondo Were, who was shot dead along Ngong Road in Nairobi.
Police have already arrested several suspects in Ongondo’s murder, including his driver, a security officer, a Director of Lake Basin Development Authority, Mr. No Dave Kalo, and a politician, Mr. Philip Aroko.
