Villagers pulled a quick one on police officers who had stormed Boni Khalwale’s home last Tuesday by untethering a bull to attack them.See Also:Boni Khalwale in trouble over boda boda ‘thug’ set ablaze in KakamegaThe officers were at the home of the Ford Kenya deputy party leader in Malinya, Kakamega, after obtaining a court warrant to search for “car tyres and dangerous weapons” they suspected were hidden in the home with intent to disrupt the October 26th fresh presidential elections in western Kenya.“We have information that he has tyres which he will distribute to youth to light bonfires around Western region so that elections are not conducted,” said Kakamega central police boss Bernstein Shari.Khalwale was not at home at the time of the unannounced search as concerned villagers gathered to witness the operation which made them impatient with the police “who wanted to arrest their man”.One of the villagers then came up with the idea of untethering a bull, Lumbe, in the compound to distract the police from the search and probably send away the officers.See Also:Have former MCAs turned into honourable beggars“Let the bull loose, we are unhappy with these officers,” the villagers who looked from the fringes of the compound said to one of the Khalwale’s workers who obeyed.Immediately, the bull started walking towards the officers who were gathered in a group chatting and making radio calls. The officers retreated slowly to give the bull way but it kept moving in their direction. Sensing danger the officers increased pace as Lumbe gave chase. It ended up with the officers locking themselves up in their vehicles.Lumbe then walked out of the compound to another home and it is then that the police officers returned to interrogate Khalwale’s relatives at the home.Adelite Khalwale, wife to the politician, was spotted smiling smugly amidst the crowd of villagers as Lumbe literally pushed the officers into their vehicles.Western regional coordinator Mongo Chimwaga confirmed to Crazy Monday that police searched the politician’s home but found nothing.“They had a search warrant and did a search but did not find the deputy Ford Kenya leader. The search was successful and we did not find anything suspicious,” he said.
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