MP Peter Kaluma Attacked, Gun Stolen
The lawmaker's bodyguard has also lost his firearm during the chaos...
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Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma was attacked by a mob in Kasipul during by-elections, sustaining a head injury and having his bodyguard's firearm stolen. The incident occurred at the Agoro Sale polling station.
- Peter Kaluma, a lawmaker from Homa Bay Town, was assaulted.
- The incident happened at Agoro Sale polling station in Kasipul during ongoing by-elections, where Kaluma was an observer for the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party.
- Kaluma's bodyguard was also attacked and injured, and his firearm was stolen during the chaos. Kaluma alleged the attackers were linked to independent candidate Phillip Aloko.
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Candidates Attacked, Vehicles Torched, and Arrests Made Amidst By-Election Violence - November 2025
Pockets of violence were reported across 22 voting areas during the November 27 by-elections, highlighting a volatile political climate (18). In Butali, a vehicle belonging to Democratic Action Party–Kenya (DAP-K) leader Eugene Wamalwa was torched (17). Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma was attacked by a mob in Kasipul, sustaining a head injury while his bodyguard's firearm was stolen (22). DAP-K parliamentary candidate Seth Panyako claimed he was the target of an assassination attempt on the eve of the election and was later arrested after another of his vehicles was set on fire (24, 21, 17). Authorities also arrested seventeen youths in Kasipul Constituency for patrolling with crude weapons like machetes (4).
