Khalwale brags after launching a toilet in Kakamega town
Kakamega County Senator Boni Khalwale has taken bragging rights after he presided over the reopening of a toilet at Muliro Gardens, which he says had stopped operations over a fight between Governor Fernandes Barasa and the People Living With Disabilities (PLWD).
Khalwale, who on Monday, April 7, 2025, launched the toilet, accused Governor Barasa of planning to snatch the running of this facility from the Kakamega PLWD.
Speaking while launching the toilet, Khalwale took credit for what he termed as the fight to ensure that the running of the facility does not go to the county government of Kakamega.
Khalwale and Barasa spat
Khalwale claimed that he had warned Governor Barasa over the weekend that he would be at Muliro Gardens on Monday morning to launch the toilet and dared him to show up with the aim of preventing the reopening if he was man enough.
“Nilipatia Governor onyo Jumamosi kwamba nitakuja hapa leo asubuhi sahii kufungua choo na nikampatia nafasi kwamba kama ako na nguvu ingine ambayo inashinda katiba ya Kenya aje tupatane na yeye hapa leo asubuhi mimi nifungue choo na yeye anizuie kufungua choo alafu tuone ni nani atabahitika kufaulu,” Khalwale said.
Toilet fight taken to court
He went ahead to argue that he had obtained a court order allowing the reopening of the toilet and laughed off the county boss for rushing to the Court of Appeal to block the reopening, only for his request to be thrown away.
“Nimekuja kufungua, na kabla nifike, alikuwa anafikiria mimi nakuja hapa kama mjinga. I am a law-abiding public servant siwezi kuja hapa na maringo, kwa hivo nilikuwa nimetuma wenye wanasimamia hii choo wakiongozwa na ndugu yetu Joseph Kinuthia katika mahakama. Na mahakama ilikuwa imetoa court order ya kusema kwamba hii choo inastahili kufunguliwa. Sasa Barasa alipogundua namna hiyo akajua kuwa ikiwa atalipa hao vijana ambao amezoea kulipa kutoka Matungu akileta hapa town na kupeleka kwa matanga kuvuruga watu akidhani nitakuja hapa na mpango ya kuvurugana, nimekuja hapa kisheria. Sasa amekuwa mwerevu leo asubuhi akakimbia katika mahakama. Mimi niko na court order ya High Court; sasa yeye ameenda kwa Court of Appeal kusema kwamba ile court order ya High Court ifutiliwe mbali ndo tusifungue. Lakini Mungu yuko court of appeal imejua kwamba maneno ya choo ni maneno ya dharura,” Khalwale said.
In a social media post made after the reopening of the toilet, Khalwale accused the governor of planning to hand over the running of the facility to his relatives.
“Presiding over the reopening of the Muliro Gardens Ico-toilet. We thank the Court of Appeal for thwarting @BarasaFernandes attempt to snatch the running of this facility from the Kakamega PLWD so as to gift it to his relatives,” Khalwale stated.
