Garissa Governor Ali Bunow Korane has for the first time spoken in public about the attempted assassination of Former Garissa County Finance Executive Idriss Muktar.

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Responding to city lawyer Charles Kanjama who wants him arrested, the governor rubbished claims that he was involved in the planning of the attempted assassination, saying he stood to gain nothing from it.

"I would not gain anything from it. I had no problem with the person who was shot. This is politics that is being waged against me. The notion that I wanted to harm the lawyer is nonsense. The notion that the assassination attempt happened because of the case about my academic credentials is pure balderdash," Korane said.

Korane was arrested last week and grilled by officers over the shooting of Idriss.

Kanjama, in a press conference Sunday with Muktar's family, bemoaned the release of the governor and the sluggish pace of investigations.

A key suspect in the shooting died at Parklands Police Station under suspicious circumstances.

Korane spoke during a fund-raiser at Dertu Girls Sunday.

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