Lamu Governor Issa Timamy: I'm being crucified for my fight against graft

Lamu Governor Issa Timamy

Lamu Governor Issa Timamy has for the first time spoken about his tribulations. Mr Timamy, who was arrested last week in connection with the Lamu massacre that left 65 people dead, alleged that he was a victim of corruption cartels and State agencies that want him out of the county to pave the way for its dissolution and plunder of taxpayers' money.

Timamy told United Democratic Front (UDF) leader Musalia Mudavadi, who visited him at Port Police Station where he is being held, that he was tricked by police officers to return to Lamu from Nairobi only to be subjected to a harrowing eight-hour drive from Lamu to Mombasa. He said the experience was akin to being abducted by Al-Shabaab miltitants.