Barely a day after Mombasa’s Governor Hassan Joho's security detail was withdrawn; the Chief Licensing Officer of the Central Firearms Bureau in Kenya, Mr Samuel Kimaru, has asked the governor to surrender his licensed firearms.
Through his official Facebook account, Joho took the opportunity to express what he termed as harassment by the government.
"My harassment by the state has been extended further by a call from the Chief Licensing Officer of the Central Firearms Bureau in Kenya, Mr Kimaru, instructing that I return my licensed firearm with immediate effect," read part of the statement.
Joho further expressed his disappointment with the government saying that if anything should happen to him, Coast Regional Coordinator Nelson Marwa should be blamed.
"I wish to make it clear at this juncture that Kenyans should hold Coast Regional Coordinator Mr Nelson Marwa personally responsible in the event that anything should happen to me," read part of the statement.
The Mombasa governor also said that he considered it unreasonable to withdraw his security detail without a clear explanation of the same.
On Thurday, Joho's security was withdrawn, a move that has raised a lot of concern among Cord members.