Police probe Livondo, Mbugua scuffle

Police are investigating an incident where a Member of Parliament was alleged to have been involved in a scuffle with a Party of National Unity activist.

The disagreement on Wednesday night at a Nairobi hotel was said to have involved Kamukunji MP Simon Mbugua and PNU activist Stanley Livondo.

“Mr Livondo was here this morning and we recorded a statement from him so we are investigating the matter,” Central Division police chief Richard Muguai told the Nation.

In separate interviews, Mr Mbugua and Mr Livondo said they had a heated argument about party matters. The MP said Mr Livondo accosted him at the pool side.

“He came to me and told me that he had suspended me from PNU,” the Kamukunji MP said. He claimed that he had dared Mr Livondo to shoot him after the latter allegedly pulled out a pistol and threatened him.

However, he denied that the two had exchanged blows in the incident that saw both of them kicked out of the hotel.

But in an interview with NTV shortly after the incident, Mr Livondo claimed that Mr Mbugua had confronted him and hurled insults at him. He also denied that they had exchanged blows.