Youthful contractor Stephen Masinde has filed an assault case against Kimilili MP Dididmus Barasa. Barasa is alleged to have beaten Masinde on Friday after the contractor attempted to bar him from commissioning the classes he (the contractor) had built until he was paid. Trouble started when the MP arrived at the Kamukuywa ward school to open the classes built by the National Government Constituency Development Fund, but discovered that the contractor had locked them. The two contractors claimed that their efforts to have Barasa pay them has been futile because he has been dodging them. Speaking at a function after the incident Barasa refuted assaulting the contractor describing him as a friend he was just correcting.

Source: The Star August 01, 2021 18:56 UTC