Angry George Wajackoyah Storms Out Of Masinde Muliro Graduation Ceremony After Not Being Recognised

• George Wajackoyah claimed he was forced to walk out after Vice Chancellor Solomon Shibairo and Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen allegedly ignored him
• The politician shared a letter of invitation from MMUST but asserted he left the event after feeling mistreated
• Wajackoyah expressed gratitude that many attendees followed him in protest of the treatment he perceived as disrespectful during the graduation ceremony

Didacus Malowa, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya

Kakamega - Roots party leader George Wajackoyah has lamented over the treatment he received during the 2023 Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST) graduation ceremony.

In a letter shared by the 2022 General Election presidential candidate, he was invited by the institution to grace the ceremony.

"On behalf of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology Council, Senate, Management Board, Staff, Students and the Graduating Class of 2023, 1 cordially invite you to the 20th graduation ceremony at the main Campus on Kakamega - Webuye road.

This auspicious occasion will be held on 1st December, 2023 at the graduation Square beginning 9.00 am. It will begin with the Vice Chancellor's breakfast at 7:30 am at the Vice Chancellor's Boardroom followed by an academic procession at 8:30 a.m," read the invite in part.

Why did Wajackoyah walk out of the ceremony?

The politician claimed that he was forced to walk out of the ceremony, arguing that he was mistreated.

Wajackoyah alleged that MMUST Vice Chancellor Solomon Shibairo had asked Roads and Transport Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen to introduce him, but he also ignored him.

He added that he was glad that most of the attendees at the ceremony followed him in protest of how he was treated.

"Attending this year’s graduation ceremony at Masinde Muliro university in Kakamega . I was invited by the VC gowned and treated like shit. I had to leave after listening to Murkomen’s ….. The guy was asked to recognize me after the same VC ignored me despite pleases from other academics. But it was a good thing as people followed me in protest," he wrote.

Wajackoyah helps couple spotted carrying newborn

In a separate incident, the Roots party leader received plaudits after helping a couple who recognised him as they left the hospital with their newborn.

The couple was on a boda boda with the eight-hour-old baby from Sega Hospital to their home in Bumala.

The little baby was eight hours old. The boda boda rider spotted me along Busia Kisumu Road near Sega. He was ferrying his wife and the newborn baby girl from Sega Hospital to his home in Bumala," he said.