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From: mohamed warsama mhmdwarsama@yahoo.com [NaijaObserver] <NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com>
Date: 7 March 2016 at 16:59
Subject: ||NaijaObserver|| WETANGULA TOLD FORGET PRESIDENCY AFTER WIFE BEAT HIM UP
From: mohamed warsama mhmdwarsama@yahoo.com [NaijaObserver] <NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com>
Date: 7 March 2016 at 16:59
Subject: ||NaijaObserver|| WETANGULA TOLD FORGET PRESIDENCY AFTER WIFE BEAT HIM UP
Former Bumula MP Bifwoli Wakoli has told Bungoma Senator Moses Wetang'ula to forget his presidency bid after an alleged beating by his wife.
Wetang'ula recorded a statement at Karen police station after claiming his wife beat him up in February.
Wakoli, Kenya Water Trust Agency director, said the incident was a big embarrassment to the Mulembe community.
"In Bukusu culture, if a woman, especially your wife, beats you up you are done completely and cannot say anything in front of elders," he said.
Wakoli added that in the culture, if you are beaten by your wife you cannot report to the police.
"A man who wants to be President should put his house in order," he said during a funds drive at Mabanga church on Sunday.
Wakoli said he would rather not vote than vote for a Bukusu man who has embarrassed the community.
"I cannot support such a man even if he wants to be an MCA," he said, adding he will vote for President Uhuru Kenyatta in the 2017 general election.
The director urged women not to beat their husbands, telling them "love them as the Bible says".
Some Bukusu elders have said they will perform a cleansing ritual to protect Wetang'ula's children, whom they say may inherit the "curse".
Trans Nzoia woman representative Janet Nangabo said men who are not responsible and are vying for national leadership should be dealt with accordingly.
"If you men cannot handle some things, it is better to leave them to us," she said.
Bungoma woman representative Reginalda Wanyonyi said cases of gender violence have increased.
They need to be dealt with in a sober manner, Wanyonyi said, and urged women to solve marital problems amicably.
"We cannot have women beating up our leaders until they report to the police," she said.
Wanyonyi said funds for affirmative action given to women representatives will educate residents on GBV.
She said cases of men being beaten by their wives also need to be addressed.
Present were Water Cabinet Secretary Eugene
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- 1. when does what bifwoli says become national news?
2. when does bifwoli speak for mulembes?
3. so, according to bifwoli, what should weta do to redeem his image that is tainted in bifwoli primitive eyes - go twanga his wife kweli kweli? kill his wife who laid hands on him?
what would bifwoli do? what does he mean by "put his house in order"? what is his view on divorce and the children in such a broken marriage?
4. so, do we have a better man in mercy kabogo who batters women to death? apparently mûngiki of kiambu love him for it.
does bifwoli honor keno kabogo for being a better man on that fateful night of death? -
If u get beat by a woman u in trouble, if u lay a finger on a woman u in trouble... men we r a troubled species!- Don't take the law into your own hands. Use the courts. Wetang'ula acted the way an educated and enlightened man should. He did not respond like the primitive men we oftentimes read about in the newspapers, who, to prove that they are "real men," murder their wives or children or chop off their manhood.
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No Mr Bifwoli... Is beating a spouse the preserve of a man? Do you mean to say that if your wife becomes violent, you will hit her back? Perhaps, Weta thought it wise and manly not to lay a hand on his wife. Had this remained in the family, would you Bifwoli have voted for Wetangula?- An excellent point. Men who oppress women in the home in order to assert their "manhood" are just as bad as political dictators. If you cannot use reason and logic to handle domestic issues you will not be able to use reason and logic to handle political issues in your constituency. If you use violence against your wife, you will more likely than not do the same with respect to your constituents. You will use thugs to beat up on ordinary people on the street. You will steal votes. Mr. Bifwoli misrepresents the Bukusu. They are not a violent people. They are not primitive, contrary to his characterization of them. Mr. Wetang'ula has proven that they are enlightened and progressive.
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Mr. Njoka maendeleo ya wanaume someone might be in need of your guidance & help according to the above story if it is true. - Mr. Bifwoli, please spare him. This was a small family matter and am sure not so uncommon even in your household and many others. It is just that the press snooped on it.
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Tehehehehehe - I suspected Mr Bifwoli's clients sponsored Mama Wetangula's very public bad behavior...
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