Kisumu Governor Prof Anyang' Nyong'o during interview on NTV, August 28, 2017. [Photo|@ntvkenya]
Kisumu Governor Prof Anyang' Nyong'o, wants all top security officers in the county, sacked or reshuffled.
This follows revelations that bodies were retrieved from Lake Victoria, days after the August 8 election unrests, that saw several people allegedly shot by the police.
Nyong'o said the police intimidated the media not to report about the killings or any other truth linked to the incidents.
He demanded that there should be an independent inquiry to ascertain causes of death of the deceased, and determine police officers involved.
"We have discovered that 17 bodies were at the morgue at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Mortuary, subject that they were removed and put in a mass grave at Mamboleo, subject that they were removed from the mass grave and taken to the lake," he said.
During an interview on AMLive, the immediate Kisumu County senator dismissed claims by the police, that the bodies could have as a result of drowning, adding that the police were alleging so to hide the truth.
"We must have independent inquiry in the genocide in Kisumu, and the best way to do it, is to remove the people who are head of security in Kisumu. All of them. Put in new people who are neutral so that the juniour people can talk," said Nyongo, Monday mornng.
"They even intimidated the media. I have evidence that security forces intimidated the media not to tell the truth. This thing must be taken seriously not nationally but internationally. And as long as I am the governor of Kisumu, I am not going to keep quiet," he added.
The government dismissed claims that police were killing innocent Kenyans during the unrest.