The Daily Nation reported that Kitutu Chache Member of Parliament, Richard Onyonka, was rushed to hospital from a political rally at Ibacho in Masaba South where an unidentified individual passed him a bottle of water, from which he took a sip but did not swallow because he said the water tasted differently.
His body reacted on the spot, he started vomiting with blood oozing from his mouth.
Onyonka was discharged following an overnight stay at the hospital in Kisii.
Richard Onyonka is a key alley of Dagoretti North Member of Parliament Simba Arati who is campaigning for the gubernatorial seat in Kisii County.
Simba Arati announced that he is suspending his campaigns due to the incident.
He urged the law enforcers to investigate the incident and leave no stone unturned.
“Let them leave no stone unturned and undertake a decisive probe and bring to book the suspect, said Simba Arati.
While condemning the unfortunate incident, Simba Arati was accompanied by Robert Monda, Samuel Omwando, Donya Toto and several Members of County Assembly.
“If politics is heading here then we are lost as a society,” said Samuel Omwando.
He added that that there are persons trailing Simba Arati’s campaign team with poisons in their pockets.
He added,
“These are tactics of a dying horse. It is a practice that is archaic and primitive…” Omwando told journalists.
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