Members of the National Assembly led by Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi have asked the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) to launch a probe into the Tuesday attack on Kirinyaga Woman Representative Jane Njeri Maina that left the legislator nursing head injuries.

Speaking during a parliamentary session, Wandayi urged the directorate to summon Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru, claiming the goons who attacked Njeri were acting on instructions from the county government.

He demanded that the authorities promptly apprehend not only the assailants but also those who potentially orchestrated and financed the inexcusable attack.

“This atrocity which has been meted against our own colleague by the County Governor of Kirinyaga and her agents needs to be investigated very expeditiously, and stern action taken against the financiers and perpetrators of this heinous act,” Wandayi told the House

“I saw the young MP in very bad shape on social media, having been attacked viciously by goons hired by the governor. That is not acceptable. We demand that the Governor of Kirinyaga be summoned by the DCI so that she can record a statement, and if possible be taken to court.”

Other members of the National Assembly also expressed their outrage over the attack on Njeri, denouncing it as an act of cowardice and a regrettably primitive manifestation within contemporary political discourse.

The assault occurred at the Kerugoya Police Station, where clashes between two factions representing opposing political interests transpired, leaving the MP severely injured.

Njeri, an accomplished lawyer, had accompanied her client, Baragwi MCA David Mathenge, to the station to provide a statement in relation to allegations involving the vandalism of a county government water project at Mukandu-ini village the previous week.

Echoing Wandayi’s sentiments, Manyatta MP Hon. John Mukunji Gitonga condemned the attack and called on the Inspector of Police Japheth Koome to probe the incident and report to parliament what transpired.

“We want to see anybody who has been involved and even for those who mobilized for Honourable Njeri to be attacked, brought to book and put behind bars,” Mukunji said.

On her part, Embu Woman Representative Pamela Njoki called upon the security agencies to ensure the safety and security of parliamentarians, irrespective of their political affiliations.

“We must receive the security commensurate with our positions. It is utterly archaic for any individual, regardless of their mental state, to target and harm a defenceless woman,” expressed Pamela, as she fervently urged for the apprehension of the perpetrators.

Kisii County MP Dorice Donya Aburi, who brought the matter to the Assembly’s attention, implored her fellow representatives to unite in condemning this act of violence visited upon one of their own.

She underscored that this condemnable incident could potentially befall any of them, and without a collective stand, they might find themselves defenceless in such circumstances.