Furious MP Gabriel Kagombe Caught On Camera Lecturing, Humiliating Police Officer: "Toka Hapa"

• Gabriel Kagombe was infuriated after a police officer disabled the public address system with which he was addressing his constituents
• The Gatundu South MP made his way to a bursary-issuance function where he wanted to take charge before the arrival of Governor Kimani Wamatangi
• Kagombe lectured the police, who informed him that they were under instructions not to allow him speak

Kiambu county - Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe was at the centre of a scene in his constituency when he faced off with the police in public on Thursday, August 31.

The lawmaker is said to have stormed an event that Governor Kimani Wamatangi was to grace later.

Kagombe was addressing the locals in attendance when a uniformed police officer went ahead to switch off the microphone the MP was using.

The law enforcer's move did not sit well with Kagombe, who got fired up and started throwing expletives at him.

"Who are you addressing here? Why are you switching off the microphone? Can you get out of this place? Who elected you?" he fired.

On the lawmaker's side were his supporters, who joined him in castigating the law enforcers at the event.

Kagombe accused Wamatangi of sanctioning the 'maltreatment' accorded to him by the police.

"I witnessed the total disregard of human rights by the police in Gatundu South, under the instructions of the governor. I want to know when police started taking instructions from holders of elected office - more so in the devolved units. We are at war with impunity and state capture. Lines are drawn," he said.

Gatundu South MP's controversial proposal

Kagombe first courted controversy earlier this year when he proposed that primary school finalists should only transition to secondary schools located in their respective counties.

He regretted that learners from other areas were being admitted to schools in Kiambu county, denying chances to the area students.

The trend, he said, had put a strain on CDF allocations in Kiambu, alleging that other counties had diverted funds meant for education for other causes, thus positioning Kiambu as the only county with desirable schools.

The lawmaker who succeeded Moses Kuria as MP said parents and guardians prefer schools in Kiambu because the county leadership has heavily invested in education by building schools and classrooms.

Kagombe's counsel to colleague MPs

The MP, while advocating for the one-man, one-shilling revenue-sharing formula, challenged leaders in other areas to also build schools in their regions.

In particular, he pointed out leaders in arid areas claiming that they are living lavishly, building good houses at the expense of investing in education in their counties.

The seemingly irked legislator then asked students from the said areas studying in Kiambu to leave, adding that he did not care if they would study below a tree in their counties.

"In Kiambu, our secondary schools are teaching students from other areas because we have the quarter system. Leaders in those areas don't use CDF money to build schools because they know they will send their students to Kiambu.

Their job is to use the money to build personal houses and big malls in Eastleigh. We are saying everyone must study at their respective places. It is said that our students get 350 marks but can't be absorbed in a school in Kiambu," said Kagombe.