National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang'ula was on Monday forced to switch his speech and address Bungoma residents in Swahili.
Wetang'ula started his speech by greeting the residents in the Luyha dialect and then changed to English.
After speaking for a while, shouts were heard from the crowd who seemed anxious and wanted him to speak in a language they could easily understand.
The Speaker, in Luyha, asked the crowd if they wanted him to address them in Swahili.
"You want me to speak in Swahili, you are becoming like Riggy-G ( Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua who does not want me to speak English," he said.
Wetang'ula then spoke in Swahili for some time before interchanging both languages.
The event was attended by President William Ruto, and DP Gachagua among other leaders.
Gachagua lauded the residents for being open in asking for what they wanted.
"Our Speaker wanted to hurt you with 'too much English' but you have refused. He is not only hurting me but also his residents. Speaker please, these are your home residents, do not hurt them. With your English, go after the American people," he said.
This is not the first time the DP has publicly facetiously Wetang'ula for speaking too much English.
While speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast in June, the DP jokingly told Wetang'ula to avoid speaking too much English.
"Speaker of the National Assembly, I'm grateful you invited me but next time when you invite me for an occasion, I request you to be considerate upunguze kizungu kidogo, niweze kuelewa kile ambacho unasema (Be mindful of your use of English language so that I can understand what you are saying)," the DP said then.
