Bodyguard: I recorded Raila Odinga to protect Ababu Namwamba

Embattled Public Accounts Committee Chair Ababu Namwamba

The mystery surrounding the tapes that captured Opposition leader Raila Odinga in a conversation with embattled Public Accounts Committee Chair Ababu Namwamba and two MPs deepened Thursday after Namwamba’s bodyguard said he recorded the conversation to protect his boss.

In a grilling session with the House Powers and Privileges Committee, Bernard Odako, an Administration Police corporal, was taken to task on the reasons behind the recording played by Namwamba when he appeared before the committee.