Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has claimed the government was behind the incident in Limuru where suspected goons attacked mourners.
Gachagua, who had attended the funeral, said a specific group followed him as he went to his car, which they proceeded to attack with stones and iron bars.
“This is a very sad state of affairs and a major low for the State, who were clearly complicit in these actions,” he said.
The former DP said he was driven out of the venue under a hail of stones.
"We will not be scared away from standing with Kenyans who need us to support them in their moments of need. We just expect such a terrible moment of shame will not be repeated,” he added.
Gachagua regretted that the family of the deceased had to run to safety despite their profound grief.”
The former DP recalled that while we were preparing to lay Erastus Nduati to rest, goons attacked them and the other mourners who were present, including children.
He said the goons were armed with stones, machetes, iron bars and sticks.
“They descended randomly on mourners present and attacked them using the weapons they had, as well as using the plastic seats available,” he stated.
He added that earlier this week, the government withdrew the final aspects of his security that were in place after the impeachment process.
"However, we did not raise issue with this decision by the government, although expectations were that any Kenyan who has served at the level of government that I was privileged to serve at, would be secured by government even after leaving office,” he said.
He went on to allege that the decision to withdraw his security was to leave him exposed to the kind of attack witnessed on Thursday.
The incident occurred as former area MP Peter Mwathi was addressing the gathering. He had stopped speaking for a moment to get another microphone.