Raila criticises President Uhuru Kenyatta, calls for arrest of those behind Lamu killings

Lucy Wanjiku and her two children seat next to the coffin with the body of her late husband Francis Kamande who was murdered on Sunday night during the Mpeketoni attacks.  [PHOTO: Gideon Maundu/STANDARD]

Kenya: Opposition leader Raila Odinga responded to President Kenyatta’s suggestion that CORD’s political activity paved way for the Mpeketoni attacks.

Raila termed the President’s remarks as “rushed judgment” that “could undermine investigations”. The former Prime Minister took issue with the President’s linkage of the attacks to what he called “local political activity”, and a political wing he described as “reckless”, “hate-mongers” engaged in “ethnic-profiling”.