MPs want Raila probed over remarks on chaos

By Athman Amran
A section of MPs want Prime Minister Raila Odinga to volunteer information to police on leaders he allegedly claims could cause election chaos in 2012.
Some ODM rebel MPs joined their PNU counterparts to demand action against the premier, whom they say has been insisting perpetrators of the 2007/08 post-election violence should be punished lest they cause ‘worse chaos’ in 2012 General Election.
The MPs have called on Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere to force Raila to give information on what he allegedly knew about the possible chaos in 2012.
"The country wants to know how he has arrived at this conclusion and who will be involved in planning the violence," they said in a statement read by Tigania East MP Peter Munya at Parliament Buildings Wednesday.
The statement came after a luncheon meeting, which was attended by about 30 PNU legislators among them Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta. The meeting was also attended by ODM rebel MPs including William Ruto (Eldoret North), Adan Duale (Dujis) and Benjamin Langat (Ainamoi).
The violence
However, Uhuru and Ruto did not attend the news conference after the meeting. The two are among the six who were named by ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo as individuals bearing the greatest responsibility in the post-election violence.
More than 1,000 people were killed during the mayhem and about 500,000 others left homeless, some of who are still living at IDP camps.
Yesterday, the MPs also called on National Cohesion and Integration Commission chairman Mzalendo Kibunjia to take action against Raila over the remarks he made in Wajir on Monday.
Raila, who had gone to Wajir to mark 27 years after the Wagalla massacre, said persistent impunity had seen many crimes go unpunished.
"Those who planned and executed violence during the last election must be punished, even if I am one of them or else such people could cause worse chaos in 2012," Raila was quoted as saying.
Kirwa’s case
"He should tell us what intelligence report he got and how the elections will be chaotic," the PNU MPs demanded, Wednesday.
They also claimed the rejection of William Kirwa’s nomination as Controller of Budget by the parliamentary Committee on Finance was unfair.