By Mercy Imali
Wajir East MP Rashid Kassim Amin appeared in court on Friday. Kassim was charged with assaulting Wajir Woman Representative, Fatima Gedi Ali at Parliament Buildings on Thursday.
He denied the charges through his lawyer, Sam Nyaberi. Chief magistrate Francis Andayi granted him KSH 100,000 bond or KSH 50,000 bail.
He stands accused of engaging in a heated discussion with Gedi before assaulting the Women’s rep.
Apparently Kassim needed answers from Gedi as to why she had failed to allocate money to his constituency during a recent visit by the budget team. A few seconds into the already heated conversation he hit her not once but twice.
Gedi said, “It was about 9.50am I was with Gladys Wanga the Homa Bay Woman Representative when I met the honourable member. We just said hello and he asked me how comes we did not put anything for him in his constituency. I told him ‘you were not there and you were the host MP and you did not mobilise your people to come and present their case.”
“He said nonsense, called me stupid and then hit me. I was shocked. I could not believe it. He came again and hit me,” she added.
The case will be heard on August 6th .