Wajir East MP Rashid Kassim punched me twice leading to a cut on my left side of the tongue, Fatuma Gedi has said. Gedi who is the Wajir woman representative recounted the happenings of June 13, 2019, to a Milimani Law Court on Tuesday. In her testimony, Gedi revealed that indeed, Kassim demanded to know she, as a member of the Budget and Appropriations committee, failed to allocate money to his constituency during a visit by the budget team. Gedi further confirmed that following the budget allocation discussion, Kassim punched her twice leading to the cut.

Source: The Star October 22, 2019 09:56 UTC