Lugari MP Nabii Nabwera, flanked by all six members of the County Assembly from Lugari Sub-County, has publicly accused County Ombudsman Nelson Majimbo of orchestrating the goons behind chaos in Lumakanda and demanded that police compel him to record a statement.
The explosive press briefing, held on Sunday, comes a week after a fraught event presided over by Governor Fernandes Barasa in Lumakanda descended into violence.
During the confrontation, Lumakanda MCA Bernard Mulala Bokanda was injured and rushed to hospital, while the remaining five MCAs were forced to scatter amid a standoff with the governor’s security detail.
Accusation and counter-accusation
Speaking to journalists, Nabwera said the dispute traces back to remarks Majimbo made in separate interviews with West TV and West FM—both under the West Media stable—in which the Ombudsman allegedly claimed it was Nabwera who had mobilized goons to sabotage Barasa’s function.
The MP was unequivocal in his response, turning the accusation squarely back on Majimbo.
“I’m asking the Inspector General of Police to compel Mr. Nelson Majimbo, the Chief Coordinator of goons in Kakamega County, to record a statement to clarify his claims on West FM and West TV,” Nabwera told reporters, with all six MCAs standing beside him in a show of unified front.
Majimbo fires back
Reached separately by phone, Majimbo, a close political ally of Governor Barasa who has recently signalled his intention to challenge Nabwera for the Lugari parliamentary seat in 2027, flatly rejected the allegations. He insisted he had neither coordinated nor ferried any goons to the scene, maintaining that he was alone at the event.
“Actually, the governor did not bring goons to beat anybody. The people who were arrested, the police know who they are and who they were arrested from. That is where the police will establish who threw the stones. They are known,” Majimbo said.
He challenged his accusers to come forward with proof rather than trade allegations in the press.
“Anyone who was on that side, there will be evidence. But the evidence is with them, and those people who ran away are the ones the police are looking for. They have remained on their side,” he added.
In a pointed rebuttal to Nabwera’s demand, Majimbo insisted the burden of proof lay with the MP, not himself.
“He is the one who should record a statement, not me, to prove that I am a chief of goons. Honestly, how? Should I go and sue him?” Majimbo posed.
