A People's Reinnassance Party meeting in Kisii ended in chaos after the hundreds of women who turned up at the Kisii Culture Centre for the party eventThursday were left angry and disappointed after the Sh100 they said they had been promised failed to materialise.
The drama began shortly Party leader Caleb Amisi had finished addressing the gathering.
But hardly had he finished when some women began protesting, forcing his security team to whisk him away as the situation outside the venue grew tense.
The women told journalists that they had abandoned their businesses and travelled to the venue after being assured that each would receive Sh100 as facilitation for attending the meeting organised by the People's Renaissance Party.
They said they had waited for about three hours, hoping the promised money would eventually be distributed.
However, as the meeting ended, the money had not arrived, triggering angry protests outside the Culture Centre.
The women confronted the organisers, demanding to know what had happened to the money they had been promised.
Some said they had incurred transport costs and lost income from their businesses after leaving their daily activities to attend the meeting.
“We left our businesses because we were told we would be given Sh100. We have waited for hours and nobody is telling us anything,” said Joyce Kerubo.
Milicent Kwamboka, a vegetable trader, accused the organisers of abandoning them after mobilising them to attend the meeting.
“We came here because we were called. Now those who brought us here have disappeared. Who is going to pay us?” she asked.
The protests forced Mr Amisi to leave the venue amid the commotion, as the women continued demanding their promised facilitation.
The incident ended a meeting intended to popularise the relatively new political outfit in Kisii on an awkward note.
The People's Renaissance Party was registered in April as Kenya's 93rd political party, with the party describing itself as a youth-driven movement.
Mr Amisi, the Saboti MP, was appointed the party's leader in August. He has since been touring the country to popularise the party and promote what it describes as an alternative political platform ahead of the 2027 General Election.
At the Kisii Culture Centre, however, the political messaging was overshadowed by the angry women, who remained outside the venue demanding answers over the missing Sh100.
By the time the protests intensified, the women said they had received neither the promised facilitation nor a satisfactory explanation from the organisers.
