Mvita parliamentary candidate Ali Mtwasau on Tuesday night, April 5, survived death in an assassination attempt in Tudor.
According to a police report, Mtwasah was heading home from a mosque when he was ambushed by gunmen in two vehicles who shot 22 rounds of ammunition on the right side of his vehicle.
Reports further indicate that Mwatsau who is eying to succeed Mvita MP Nassir, Abdullswamad Sheriff on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket sustained serious injuries on his arms and legs.
The Mombasa-based politician was rushed to a Mombasa Hospital by a tuk-tuk rider and was immediately admitted.
A manhunt for the unidentified gunmen was also launched as investigations on the matter commenced.
Mtwasah’s attack comes barely a day after another politician in Nyanza succumbed to injuries following a late-night attack in his house by unidentified men.
Thomas Okari, who was seeking the ODM ticket for the position of Member of County Assembly (MCA) for Bombaba Borabu ward in Kisii County was struck on his head using a panga before his attackers made away through the back door of the house.
Okari, who is also a businessman based in Nairobi had traveled to his rural home on Sunday, April 3, evening to prepare for the nominations scheduled for Thursday, April 7.
Appearing before the Parliamentary Committee on Administration and National Security on Tuesday, April 5, Interior CS Fred Matiang’i noted that the biggest threat the security agencies are facing ahead of the polls is voter bribery which if not tamed might spark similar incidences across the country.
“Politicians are spending money to pay youths and move huge groups of people and ferry others at night. This phenomenon of renting crowds and trying to posture for popularity or what you may call pretended populism is what is actually going to hurt us,” he added.
