When a wealthy man or politician’s daughter walks down the aisle, the news reverberates across the ridges.
Men and women of means attend dressed to kill in top of range cars. It is always an event to behold.
This was the case as Juja MP George Koimburi’s daughter tied the knot yesterday but for a leader of his stature, something was conspicuously missing.
Definitely it was pomp and colour as Paul Wetosi and Shiru Koimburi exchanged vows in Juja but only the Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, his wife Dorcas and just three MPs attended.
Naivasha MP Jayne Kihara, Embakasi North MP James Gakuya and Githunguri MP Gathoni Wa Muchomba graced the evening.
Out of 349 MPs, at least a dozen should have attended besides other elected leaders.
In the pasts, Kenyans have witnessed over a dozen politicians attend a simple event like birthday, baby shower or house warming but Koimburi’s big and special day was given wide berth by colleagues.
Kiambu has 12 constituencies but apart from Wa Muchomba, the rest avoided the event including county leadership.
This was different from his father John Ndung’u Njoroge burial in Nakuru early last year. Nakuru deputy governor David Kones, Kiambu Senator Karungo Thang’wa, 12 MPs and MCAs attended.
The two term MP who bravely voted against the now-withdrawn Finance Bill, 2024 has been on the receiving end after he claimed that the 195 MPs who passed the bill were offered Sh2 million bribe each.
His allegations fueled the nationwide protests that culminated in mob invading Parliament building.
Since then, Koimburi has been perceived as an enemy by majority of colleagues.
He is shunned, left in the apparent cold camp of Gachagua. It is unclear why a bunch of MPs rallying behind the DP skipped the event.
At one time Koimburi claimed he was being threatened by proponents of the bill after protests started.
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In July he apologised in the House saying he lied but the colleagues refused to forgive him.
“I was in church and I made a mistake by saying that the Members of Parliament that voted YES, were bribed with Sh2 million. I am here to say sorry to the members because I don’t have any evidence that they received money,” he said.
If what happened to his function yesterday is anything to go by, Koimburi will have a rough ride mending ties and earn trust of fellow members again.
