Kikuyu elders in Thika have threatened to curse Royal Media Services owner S. K. Macharia over remarks he made concerning the 2007 general elections.
This is after Macharia last week said that the opposition leader Raila Odinga had won the poll but that Mwai Kibaki was rigged into office.
The Kikuyu elders are now saying that unless Macharia retracts his statement, they will proceed with spelling the curse against him.
According to the elders, the media mogul has only seven days to table his apology.
“What he has done is very irresponsible of a Kikuyu elder of his caliber. Why is he bringing up such an issue at a time when the country is headed to a general election? His remarks would ignite ethnic clashes because communities supporting the opposition might believe that the elections were rigged,” Central Region Council of Elders chairperson Njoroge Karatu said.
The elder further accused Macharia of being a project and puppet of Cord leader Raila Odinga.
“Macharia is being used by Raila Odinga to ignite flare-ups as it has become apparent that they will lose in this year’s general elections. Just as they did in 2007 by having a parallel tallying system, they are plotting the same this year hoping to get to power in a coalition government,” Karatu said.