Gatundu South Member of Parliament has hit back at Daily Nation writer Guchu Ndung’u following his story on the Sunday Nation where he was heavily critical of the legislator and accused him of having an “acid tongue”.
In his piece, Ndung’u notes that Kuria’s tongue is his biggest advantage yet still one of his main weaknesses. A gift that turned the former banker into a member of parliament and one of the biggest politicians in the central region but still landed him in a lot of trouble; giving his libel case with Martha Karua where he was ordered to pay Ksh. 6.5 million over his derogatory remarks as an example.
Kuria, in his response to the story, said that Ndung’u was simply getting back at him after he turned down his “demand” for a bribe a few days before it was published.
Kenyans, however, didn’t quite seem to agree with Kuria, some asked him to substantiate his claims or report the matter to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations.
Can we get the evidence that he had requested for a bribe?
— mc momanyi (@micahmoms) March 31, 2019
Why you didn’t reveal that before? Wacha kutubeba ujinga pambana na hali yako
— PHINERY (@karithi_phineas) March 31, 2019
And we are supposed to believe that?
— Nairobi Latest (@Cityinthesun) April 1, 2019
Are you not?
— Tumechanuka (@tumechanuka) March 31, 2019