Midiwo gives names at CID questioning

By Cyrus Ombati and Felix Olick

Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo handed to police the names of senior Government individuals he claims are plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

Mr Midiwo said he would not reveal how he got the information, but insisted it is credible.

And as Midiwo was recording his statement with the CID in Nairobi, the National Cohesion and Integration Commission raised the red flag over rising tension in Nyanza over an alleged plot to assassinate Raila.

NCIC Chairman Mzalendo Kibunjia said the commission had received credible information over the rising tension. Speaking to the Press in his office in Nairobi on Tuesday, Kibunjia accused Midiwo of making sensational claims in public instead of reporting the matter to police.

Prime Minister Raila Odinga with ODM supporters in Mandera County where he opened a party office on Tuesday. [Photo: PMPS]

He cautioned leaders against making statements that could cause tension or violent conflicts between communities.

However Kibunjia’s allegations of rising tension were dismissed by a section of Kisumu residents, terming them alarming.

Nyanza Provincial Criminal Investigations Officer Joseph Magwanja said police had not received any report of tension.

“We are not aware of that, and there is no indication at all in the town. The situation is normal here in Kisumu,” he said.

Jakoyo, who spent two hours at the CID headquarters, denied linking Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Ongeri to the assassination plot, arguing he had only challenged him to clarify some issues.

“Prof Ongeri is trying to invite himself to the whole issue. I don’t remember linking him to the same. All I asked him was to clarify some part of the plot,” he said, and dared the minister to sue him.