Marsabit Senator Mohamed Chute has thanked the police for saving the lives of MPs trapped inside Parliament after the protesters invaded the August House last Tuesday.
This, as he confirmed that he and some six other MPs were evacuated from the scene using ambulances.
According to Chute, they boarded the vehicle outside Parliament after hell broke loose and fled only to be stopped by irate protesters on the road who started pelting stones at the car.
He said that were it not for the police who rushed to their rescue by throwing tear gas canisters at the group they would have lost their lives.
“Mr Speaker, I want to say here today that the country would have lost at least eight MPs, they would have killed us during that incident,” he said.
“God was with us. I want to thank those officers who saved us,” he added.
Kenya Red Cross and St John Ambulance have since denied using their vehicles to transport the leaders during the day.
“We have no contact or role in transporting persons other than the injured,” Red Cross said in a statement.
“The rumours have stopped. We can’t provide life-saving interventions without access and safety for our staff and volunteers,” it added.
On its part, St John Ambulance said the presence of its ambulances at Bunge Tower was part of its emergency response mandate during a time of crisis.
“As an emergency response organisation, we are bound to respond to all emergency calls impartially. Our ambulance was called to respond to one casualty incident at Bunge Tower in addition to several other incidents responded to during the protests across the city,” the organisation said.
