National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has commended the people of Malava for their decorum during the burial of area MP Malulu Injendi.
The speaker expressed the sentiments on Tuesday, March 42025 while eulogizing a man he termed as humble and down to earth.
Wetangula hailed the civil behaviour exhibited by the public, terming it as respectful before their visitors.
President William Ruto Prime Cabinet Musalia Mudavadi and a host of other leaders were among those in attendance.
“I want to express my gratitude to you people of Malava. Today, you have behaved the way I pray we all carry ourselves. You showed respect, civility and respect to our visitors. This is how it should be. Let us not be people who display our nakedness in public and funeral functions. I salute you Malava people. Your conduct should be emulated. This a fitting send-off for the respected man sleeping here,” he said.
The Speaker also revealed plans to ensure development projects started by the deceased do not stop.
“We will ensure that the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) programs go on to alleviate the burden on children. A caretaker committee led by honourable Shinali will help manage the constituency fund so we don’t have to hurt ordinary citizens and ensure other initiatives go on,” he pledged.
The speaker further asked the residents to elect a man possessing the same character as Injendi.
“When the time comes give us a person like Malulu; a respectable man, hard worker, visionary and full of wisdom, he concluded,” Wetangula urged.
The speaker’s sentiments come a day after he warned of rampant cases of confrontational politics in the Western region.
In a statement earlier on his X feed, Wetangula decried the recent cases of politicians’ taking to the funeral podium to settle scores and start supremacy battles, emphasizing that the trend projected the Luhya nation negatively.
“I have today asked politicians in Western to stop confrontational politics in funerals noting that such behavior portrayed the Mulembe nation negatively.
As I led MPs in paying tribute to the fallen Malava legislator Hon Malulu Injendi, I expressed concern over the increasing cases of politicians disrupting funerals as they battle for political supremacy leaving a trail of destruction which later becomes costly to the family. As I called on leaders to respect the dead, I reminded them that political might will not be earned in funerals and asked my colleagues to comfort the bereaved families instead of adding more pain to them by causing chaos and damage to properties,” his statement read.
Only on Monday, reports made rounds in social media of Governor George Natembeya being chased in an event in Malava ahead of the Tuesday funeral.
The incident followed a similar one three weeks ago where nasty clashes erupted at a funeral in Kakamega County as supporters of senior politicians from the region differed in Matungu, Mumias.
The Matungu clashes left several mourners and police officers nursing injuries.
