MP Samuel Atandi under probe for assaulting female county employee

MP being investigated for assaulting female employee

Mumbi Mutuko

January 11, 2019 4:58 PM

MP accused of slapping female secretary

A man in handcuffs (twitter)

Police have opened a probe into an alleged assault said to have been carried out by a Member of Parliament.

Alego Usonga lawmaker Samuel Atandi is being accused of having slapped the secretary to the county director of Education in Siaya county.

MP Samuel Atandi (Twitter) Pulse Live Kenya

According to reports, the incident happened when Mr Atandi stormed the county commissioner's offices.

More assault claims

In December 2018, Siaya MCA Winnie Otieno claimed that the MP had hired goons to attack her on a Friday night.

County Police Commander Ambrose Mwawaka on Saturday said they launched a probe after the member of county assembly filed a report at Siaya Police Station.

The MCA claimed that armed people accosted her as she left Manicaland Hotel in Malanga, Alego, where she attended the annual Kuon Festival hosted by the Siaya Political Forum.

“There were four of us in the car when youths emerged from a nearby thicket and stoned our vehicle. We were lucky that they got scared by another car's departure from the hotel. They disappeared into the thicket,” Ms Otieno said.

Hired goons

Speaking on the matter, Mr Mwawaka confirmed that the MCA had recorded the statement vide OB: 4/29/12/2018.

MP Samuel Atandi (Twitter) Pulse Live Kenya

“The OCS is on the matter ...we shall get to its root cause. It is not the first incident we have heard about the MP,” the County Police Commander said.

“Sometime back we launched a crackdown on the youth so they disappeared. We are following leads that some of them may be from Ruaraka in Nairobi and that they are hired to cause chaos here,” he added.

Mumbi Mutuko