POLITICIAN SUFFERS ALUU-4 IN KENYA FOR SLEEPING WITH ANOTHER MAN'S WIFE

He shot to prominence when he tried to oust former President Daniel Moi from his Baringo Central constituency in the 1997 General Election. At the time, it was unthinkable for anyone to go against Mr Moi’s word, let alone plot a parallel political course in his home turf. But Amos Kiprotich Kandie, a former high school principal, did exactly that and vied for the seat on a Social Democratic Party ticket, a move seen as an affront to the president. Although his chances of ousting the president were minimal, Mr Kandie will be in the history books as the first man to oppose Mr Moi, who ruled for 24 uninterrupted years, in a parliamentary election.

The last moments:-

Mr Kandie emerged from the political duel unscathed but controversy dogged him to the last moments of his life when he was killed by a mob in such circumstances. He was beaten to death after he was allegedly found in a compromising situation with a neighbour’s wife in his car at Kiboino in Kabarnet. As reported, Amos Kandie, 60, was reportedly killed by his own neighbours at Kiboino village when they found him in a compromising position with a neighbour’s wife. Kandie’s neighours were reportedly angered by his persistent habit of encroaching on other men’s territory. According to one resident, Kandie used his wealth to lure married women into extramarital affairs. “The politician has always been accused of using his money to lure people’s wives into his trap but this time round he was not lucky to escape the wrath of the people,” he said.

Area police boss Charles Musewe said investigations had been launched into the matter. Plans had recently been made to interview him but as fate would have it, he passed on before the meeting materialised. The former Kabarnet Boys’ High School principal left his teaching job in an equally controversial manner. He had been transferred to a national school in the same capacity but resigned a few months later. Apparently, he did not like life in the city and packed his bags and drove back to Kabarnet where he had business interests.

During the 1997 election, he got a mere 200 votes and subsequently faded out of the political arena. Mr Moi got 38,000 votes in that election. Mr Kandie is said to have reconciled with Mr Moi in the run-up to the 2002 General Election and stepped down as a parliamentary aspirant for the President’s son, who won and went on to represent the area for five years. During President Moi’s era, the whole of Baringo and Koibatek districts were a Kanu zone and opposition candidates found the going extremely difficult. In 2002, Ford People sponsored Mr Isaiah Cherutich to try and wrest the seat from Mr Moi but he dropped out of the race before the elections. Local politician Henry Cheboiwo also quit after his house was burnt down by hooligans when he announced he had defected to the Democratic Party of Kenya.

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