NASA leader Raila Odinga at a past event. His outfit has hit out at the government for using rogue officers and militia groups to kill their supporters. [PHOTO/Tuko.co.ke]
NASA leaders have accused the state of using militia groups to attack and kill opposition supporters.
Speaking at an event in Nairobi, Siaya senator James Orengo and Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi accused Interior CS Fred Matiang'i and IG Joseph Boinnet of being Jubilee's operatives in the scheme they said targetted to brutalise the opposition and instill fear.
“We have reasonable grounds to believe that these two State officers — Matiang’i and Boinnet — are criminally responsible for crimes against humanity that are systematically being meted out on Nasa supporters and their leaders in the name of preserving public order," Orengo said.
Wandayi said police officers use daggers and guns to harm their supporters and move together with uniformed militia froups to conduct the terror.
“We have seen police officers armed with daggers and guns; we have seen militia in police uniform roaming the streets and descending on NASA supporters while carrying tear gas canisters.
“These police officers and support militia have express authority to murder, rape and commit other forms of inhumane acts with State protection and pay,” Wandayi said.