Tuesday 16 July 2013

Is the Jubilee Government Politically Intimidating Raila and His Camp?

Former Prime Minister’s aide Eliud Owallo has been summoned to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters for allegedly plotting to destabilize the government.

Owallo said he will honour the sermon by the CID on Tuesday at 4pm and his lawyers will accompany him to hear the allegations the police have on him.

He, however, said he fears the Jubilee government has hatched a plot to silence those criticizing the government.

“My considered opinion is that this is yet another act of political intimidation aimed at silencing divergent political views, which in my considered opinion is unacceptable in the current political dispensation,” said Owallo.

He was summoned by the Serious Crimes Unit which is a sub section of the CID.
He claims that he was summoned after he made remarks calling for the dissolution of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).

Owallo was the head of the Raila Odinga presidential Secretariat in the March 4 General Election.
He is still coordinating the former PM’s activities including organizing his local and international events.
It is unclear what the CID are investigating but sources say he is expected to clear on some intelligence acquired by the police.

By Charles Kiragu