MPs hit out at Raila and elders meet

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By NATION REPORTER
Posted  Saturday, November 10  2012 at  00:30

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Meetings between Prime Minister Raila Odinga and elders from the Kalenjin community are a threat to peace in Rift Valley, two MPs allied to G7 Alliance have said.

Mr Joshua Kuttuny (Cherangany) and Mr John Mututho (Naivasha) on Friday said some of the remarks made at the meetings in Eldoret and Nakuru in October would amount to hate speech and incitement against one community.

“The statements made in those meetings are likely to bring about hate in the Rift Valley. The impression being made is that one community has been oppressing the other,” said Mr Kuttuny said at Parliament buildings in Nairobi.

At a meeting with elders from the South Rift on October 30, Mr Odinga beseeched the Kalenjin community to forgive him for any wrongdoing.

Mr Kuttuny claimed that the meetings were likely to undermine efforts by the region’s leaders to promote reconciliation.