Opposition Convoy Attacked In Garissa Rally
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Opposition Convoy Attacked in Garissa, Kalonzo Vows Defiance

September 2026

Wiper Patriotic Front leader Kalonzo Musyoka and a convoy of allied opposition politicians came under attack during a rally in Garissa Town on Saturday, September 12, 2026, when groups of youths pelted the gathering with stones. The confrontation forced leaders and supporters to scramble into their vehicles for safety before security details moved in.

Citizen Digital reports that roughly 50 youths, working in separate small groups, began throwing stones at the crowd as Nyali MP Mohamed Ali addressed supporters alongside Kalonzo. Several vehicles were damaged in the chaos, including one belonging to former Attorney General Justin Muturi, whose windscreen was partly smashed. The scene calmed once the leaders’ security teams stepped in and dispersed the youths.

Muturi Calls It Attempted Assassination

Muturi, who now fronts the so-called Wantam Movement, described the stone-throwing as an attempted assassination and pressed Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja to open an urgent investigation, per Citizen Digital’s coverage. He insisted the attack would not push his allies off the campaign trail.

“We will not be intimidated,” Muturi said, adding that Kenya belongs to everyone regardless of political persuasion, according to People Daily’s report on the incident.

Uzalendo News notes that the Garissa tour had brought together several opposition figures beyond Kalonzo and Muturi, including DAP-Kenya leader Eugene Wamalwa, Kathiani MP Robert Mbui, Embakasi South MP Julius Mawathe and Mohamed Ali. All of them were caught up in the disruption before order returned.

Kalonzo’s Accusation Against Duale

Kalonzo went further than Muturi, directly naming a member of the government. He accused Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale of sending people to disrupt the rally, an allegation that Eastleigh Voice’s report on the incident stresses has not been independently verified. Duale had not publicly responded to the claim by the time these reports were published.

Kalonzo framed the violence as proof that the government could not answer the country’s economic troubles with force. “No idea whose time has come was ever stopped,” he said in a shortened version of a longer statement carried on his X account, arguing that stones and teargas offer no plan for jobless youth or the cost of living, as People Daily’s account of his Saturday statement lays out.

Tour Continues Into Tana River

The Garissa stop was one leg of a two-day “Ukombozi wa Kenya” outreach that Kalonzo and his allies had billed for Garissa and Tana River counties on September 12 and 13, People Daily’s earlier coverage of the planned tour shows. Mohamed Ali, for his part, condemned the disruption and cautioned against dragging young people into political violence, a point echoed in reporting from Nyakundi Report.

The episode lands squarely inside the wider contest for the North Eastern vote ahead of the 2027 General Election, a region where Duale has built a strong government-aligned base while Kalonzo has long tried to expand Wiper’s reach beyond Ukambani. Nyakundi Report’s account frames the Garissa stop as part of a broader push by opposition figures to build grassroots support across counties outside their traditional strongholds.

For residents who turned out despite the stone-throwing, Kalonzo’s camp says the numbers on the ground told their own story. Whether Inspector General Kanja’s office opens the investigation Muturi demanded, and whether Duale addresses the accusation levelled against him, remains unanswered as the opposition convoy presses on to Tana River County for the second leg of its tour.

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