{"id":1316,"date":"2020-12-01T12:32:15","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T12:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countysplash.co.ke\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2020-12-01T12:32:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T12:32:15","slug":"gangsters-vandalise-kimilili-politicians-expensive-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=1316","title":{"rendered":"Gangsters vandalise Kimilili politician&#8217;s expensive car"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bungoma <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Godfrey Asa <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police in Kimilili constituency in Bungoma County are investigating\nan incident in which unknown gang broke into the home a local politician who is\nseeking to unseat the area MP Didmus Barasa in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>\nThe attackers vandalized Michael Koloboy\u2019s vehicle. Koloboy was away when the\nincident happened.<br>\n<br>\nKoloboy vowed to continue fighting for his Kimilili people and that he is ready\nto risk everything for their sake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG-20201126-WA0047.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG-20201126-WA0047.jpg 480w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG-20201126-WA0047-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption><strong><em>Michael Koloboy<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy competitors are using uncouth tactics to scare me so\nthat I can bow out of the race but I will not do that. I am in the race up to\n2022 and anyone who thinks can send goons to frighten me are in for a rude\nshock,\u201d said Koloboy.<br>\n<br>\nThis came barely a month after he donated over 200 motorbikes to boda boda\noperators in Kimilili constituency in line with his long-term vision to empower\nyouths across the constituency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG-20201126-WA0046.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG-20201126-WA0046.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG-20201126-WA0046-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/IMG-20201126-WA0046-696x928.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption><em><strong>Police at the politician&#8217;s home<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the recent past, he has gone to great lengths to come to\nthe assistance of students&nbsp; from Kimilili who had dropped out of school as\na result of lack of school fees.<br>\n<br>\nApart from paying for their school fees, the foundation has been buying school\nuniforms as well as&nbsp; &nbsp;learning materials and other personal effects\nfor the students.<br>\n<br>\n\u201cI have assigned my people on the ground to identify more needy children so\nthat they can also be included in the programme once funds are available,\u201d says\nKoloboy.<br>\n<br>\nThe role upcoming politician has played in catering for the welfare of needy\ncases in the Constituency has placed him a notch-higher than his rivals who,\nfor fear of suffering severe defeat, have intensified<br>\ntheir campaign to nip his popularity in the bud.<br>\n<br>\nOthers in the race are High court advocate Bryan Khaemba and business man&nbsp;Joseph\nMasinde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bungoma By Godfrey Asa Police in Kimilili constituency in Bungoma County are investigating an incident in which unknown gang broke into the home a local politician who is seeking to unseat the area MP Didmus Barasa in 2022. The attackers vandalized Michael Koloboy\u2019s vehicle. Koloboy was away when the incident happened. Koloboy vowed to continue [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1317,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kenya-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gangsters vandalise Kimilili politician&#039;s expensive car - Horizon News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/horizonnews.co.ke\/?p=1316\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gangsters vandalise Kimilili politician&#039;s expensive car - Horizon News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bungoma By Godfrey Asa Police in Kimilili constituency in Bungoma County are investigating an incident in which unknown gang broke into the home a local politician who is seeking to unseat the area MP Didmus Barasa in 2022. 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