Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has said all ‘political goons’ that heckled President William Ruto in Kericho will face the law.

The CS spoke on Monday after a meeting with Trans Nzoia County Commissioner Gideon Oyagi and other officers in Kitale town.

Political tension boiled over in Bomet as President Ruto launched and commissioned development projects in three constituencies.

Supporters of Bomet Governor Hillary Barchok and Senator Hillary Sigei clashed in the town’s business hub shortly before the President arrived.

The fight between the two rival groups lasted for over one hour with stones littering the town where business premises were hurriedly closed and passenger service vehicles driven off the main matatu stage.

Police had a hectic time quelling the rowdy youth who were throwing stones, disrupting traffic along the Kisii-Narok Highway as police prepared for the arrival of President Ruto who was accompanied by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and other senior government officials.

The fight broke out when President Ruto presided over the opening of the Chemamul transformer project in Bomet East constituency.

During the launch of the 60 kilometres Kyogong-Sigor-Chebunyo, Longisa-Kipreres-Sigor road which is being upgraded to bitumen standards at the cost of Sh 2.1 billion, President Ruto had to intervene after Prof Barchok was repeatedly heckled by the crowd.

“I do not want this kind of chaos in my meetings. United Democratic Alliance (UDA) is a party that embraces order. Allow the leaders to make their speeches and if they have not performed, wait and deal with them in the next general election by voting them out,” President Ruto said at Kapkesosio Trading Centre in Chepalungu.

“Please, allow the leaders to speak. After all, you are the ones who elected them in the last general election,” President Ruto said.

Prof Barchok braved the heckling and made his address as he tried to win the wayward crowd over to his side.

“Mr President, except for a few of these people who are intoxicated, I have the majority of the people on my side,” Professor Barchok said in what appeared to have angered the crowd, leading to tension Bomet town where the president was to stop next.

Senator Hillary Sigei was briefly interrupted in the function, which suggests there were two camps at the meeting, which were prepared to rally behind each of the two camps.